Went up Cedar, which used to be a 2-laner and is now a by-god 4 lanes so wide a geezer has to run for his life to jaywalk the mother, and saw the steel framing of large buildings emerging on the skyline of McMillan Mesa. More human encroachment. Change!
I don't seem to mind natural change -- the aging of the body, the decomposition of vegetables in the refrigerator death drawer. It's the steady imposition of humans on the scape that troubles me. Developer: devel-loper: devil loper.
I do not believe that humans are the crowning species. We exist only at the mercy of and in right relationship with all other life. We must be careful how we devil lope.
I don't seem to mind natural change -- the aging of the body, the decomposition of vegetables in the refrigerator death drawer. It's the steady imposition of humans on the scape that troubles me. Developer: devel-loper: devil loper.
I do not believe that humans are the crowning species. We exist only at the mercy of and in right relationship with all other life. We must be careful how we devil lope.
I was going to write a cute little piece about geezers and change but this is what emerged.
ReplyDeleteDevil lopers are cold, colder than Death.
ReplyDeleteDeath and Life dance this beautiful salsa-waltz thing, taking turns leading each other. The devil lopers just sit like petrified scat in the middle of the dance floor, screwing up the rhythm.
We are all devil lopers, shape shifters, personifications of all that exists. We keep choosing the shape, the form, the energies that heal and help out of the menu that we are.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I am the fool devil loper; short changer
ReplyDelete"The refigerator death drawer" cracked me up!!! Thanks for the grins.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the Devel Lopers, I am beginning to believe they are part of our growth. Can I indentify and stop clinging to those parts "of me" that I so quickly distain when recognized in that area I mistakenly tend to think of as "other than me"?
Well said, Patrick!
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