The Strangest Thing - Edit 1.0 (Tranquility)

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The strangest thing (Edit 1.0 - Tranquility)

From the bus stop we walk home,
giant canopies sheltering us,
timid plant eaters in the Mesozoic,
past streets in the suburban afternoon,
blinds drawn,
the hermit crab in its cave.

The jasmine bush, constellated,
holds white stars. Orange stems 
crunch underfoot. In autumn,
the sun looks orange, a Guatemalan marigold, 
rising or setting it holds no wonder
unless viewed through the eyes of Inouye*

in a sequence of binaries,
and then the truth is deep, too deep to comprehend.

How can we pretend,
find comfort in cakes and tea 
with eternity knocking at our door?

Water rippled
on the lake’s face,
cold in the shadow
of a supernatural wing.

Of all the strange things men do in this world
what is strangest thing,
O Yudishthira?**

* https://nso.edu/telescopes/dki-solar-telescope/
** https://iskcondesiretree.com/profiles/bl...pada-swami

Original

The strangest thing 

From the bus stop we walk home
down streets as avenues:
giant canopies sheltering us,
timid plant eaters in the Mesozoic,
past streets in the suburban afternoon,
blinds drawn,
the hermit crab in its cave.

The jasmine bush, constellated,
holds white stars. Orange stems 
crunch underfoot. In autumn,
the sun looks orange, a Guatemalan marigold, rising or setting
it holds no wonder
unless viewed through the eyes of Inoyue
in a sequence of binaries,
and then the truth is deep, too deep to comprehend.

How can we pretend,
find comfort in cakes and tea 
with eternity knocking at our door?

Water rippled
on the lake’s face, cold in the shadow 
of a supernatural wing.
Of all the strange things men do in this world
what is strangest thing,
O Yudishthira?