The Indians have a word for it, of course -
'sphota' - not too unlike our 'photo-flash' -
meaning, an explosion in consciousness:
as you recognise it in a flash, it's not yet words,
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Well said, Michael. If anybody doesn't get this one, they're not as immersed in the work as they need to be.
You must have been snooping around my desk taking notes. Very well said and as always, well written. Isn't it funny that some poems come out whole, with hardly a thing you need to tweak...and others need to be worked on for days on end. Ah, the poet's life! Raynette