"Perfection"

Do not be deceived by the flowing letters of 
    the word: Perfection...
Its curvaceous shapes lending an air of 
    civility, grace, and proportion.

Some kinds of perfection are exquisite
   not only for their beauty,
   but also because of their promise of 
   Danger.
Like swimming naked with sharks,
   consuming certain drugs with three call letters, or
   meditating scantily clad in virgin snow.

Rather, 
   it is in the sphere of the Everyday,
   hiding under the guise of a "pleasant experience"
   that the unexpected becomes 
   Breathtaking,
   if one is willing 
   and able...

True perfection is like a heat-seeking missile 
    that will strike once it knows you are ready to be 
    transformed by its message.  Now yield to it.

Tornado Perfection
   hearing for the first time 
   the closing allegro of Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto.
   performed by original instrument gangsters of speed.

True perfection is like a heat-seeking missile 
    that will strike once it knows you are ready to be 
    transformed by its meaning.  Now submit to it.

Lightning Perfection 
   seeing for the first time 
   Kandinsky's "Improvisation" panels in person,
   posing for guests
   while actually dancing their fury of color and collision.

True perfection is like a heat-seeking missile 
    that will strike once it knows you are ready to be 
    transformed by its magic.  Now embrace it.

Tsunami Perfection
    eating for the first time 
    the wildly indulgent 
    imported "Midnight Moon" cheese,
    summoning a madness of delight 
    which overwhelms our ability to distinguish 
    plant from animal,
    past from present. 

Perfection   <<<< >>>>    Surrender
                       Surrender    <<<< >>>>   Perfection 
                                               Surrender   <<<< >>>>   Perfection 

November 2009

 

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