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July 06, 2008

Sunday Poem

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Question
May Swenson

Body my house
my horse my hound
what will I do
when you are fallen

Where will I sleep
How will I ride
What will I hunt

Where can I go
without my mount
all eager and quick
How will I know
in thicket ahead
is danger or treasure
when Body my good
bright dog is dead

How will it be
to lie in the sky
without roof or door
and wind for an eye

without cloud for shift
how will I hide
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Posted by Jim Culleny at 09:21 AM | Permalink

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good poem

Posted by: Ken D. | Jul 6, 2008 8:25:27 PM

good poem

Posted by: Ken D. | Jul 6, 2008 8:25:49 PM

The body is indeed the brain's "horse". A brain in a bottle might be conscious, but it would not be a human. Neither would a digitized brain be human. The Matrix is, after all, fiction. That's a good thing.

Posted by: Jared | Jul 7, 2008 11:47:27 AM

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