Post Post Modernism
Post post Modernism
Who wants modernity in any case whether
lower case or upper case yet I suppose
or not suppose not even propose when
I suggest that everything is fragmented
somewhat pseudo and nevertheless ancient
in its beauty and all we have to do is pick
up the pieces and they even become enlightened
shine brightly in mosaic and tapestry
Its kind of retro while some claim intimate and ‘ex-timate’
timeless as our times fly past and forward
swelling emotion past that iron cage of rationalization
which melts away under that sunshine of love
propelled by the moon once we embrace those shadows
powered by what is according to our lens and prism
Plato had a whole in one when he allegorized the caves
pugnacious Socrates when he questioned the lot
Aristotle when even moderation was to be moderate
Jesus despite or because his father’s imagery and plenty of fish
The lean Buddha in Nirvana under that figured out fig tree
they knew sort of that they knew nothing much but they knew
Sure to be detached from all certainty gives Lacan freedom and
we too have not to live in Foucault’s adapted panopticon
structure can be constructed and torn apart and
what is meaning anyway once it is decreed to exist
We feel and therefore we exist no Cartesian doubts here
and the poor Marx brothers paired humour with alienation
Freud still plays with phallus ‘electrafied’ head on at the couch
Lennon and Ghandi still gave peace a chance and Luther was King
Cohen found a crack in everything where the light got in
while Floyd’s wall calls for questioning and the paradox of learning
So my answer to the question of posting modernity is…
what was the question if it ever existed… infinite eternal
ephemeral and transcendent and if my memory may recall
oh well however translucent when shedding the light from
the darkness and question…my response is three pronged and
ambitious in love compassion and kindness
and I don’t give a toss if its pre post or present cause
what goes round comes round too and out of the box
pretty fair and square with petals centred and centrifugal blossoms
straight from the heart
06th October 2016
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