M.J. You always go deep, my friend, and make me examine things I usually keep the door closed on. Life roughs people up sometimes so they put their tender parts in an inaccessible place to minimize future damage
Hi M.J, if I go on counting the pairs I can't count all of them, but you catch them all in a boundary. such as bone and pain. one is visible other isn't. this poem I think carry an element of illusion too, that makes it attractive. very very beautiful poem
Muhammad, such a sharp observation. Indeed, I was actually thinking of facades when I wrote this. And a facade can be a social construction, a feigned emotion....no type of x-ray can penetrate these, at least not on every occasion.
Everythings are there but in a hidden situation. Brief but beautiful. Best philosophical write.
It's all there but not seen. Clever little poem that gives a huge raft of thought.
Thank you so much, Simone. Yes, when I was first working on this, I was reminded of a comment that I overheard some years ago: The best conversations are the silent one. Thanks again.
what sorts of things would you LIKE disclosed? secrets? feelings? the government is 'working on it'. bri :)
Bri....there's a thought! Are 51 and medical science...well done, Bri! Thanks for reading.
loved this, I have a feeling I wrote a similar short succint pieces, coming at this from another angle, will be back to read and ponder this again later; beautiful beautiful imagery fitting perfectly, a nice philosophical touch
Thank you so much, Terry. You have so many amazing short form poems. I find they are difficult to write. I think I'm testing and trying so many just to be able to conquer the form, the approach.
What a richly complex and metaphysically rigorous work, for me the beauty of this is that it needs to be read three or four times to sink in and then when it does its meaning shifts slightly. The title is a bit ironic, the x-ray can reveal the physical schematic of the internal human structure, from bone, density, limbic arrangement, but there is no device made by man to reveal the essence beyond the synthetic, A priori, cumulative experience of man. There is no X-ray on the spiritual soul, it can disclose information on the physical malady but never disclose the thing in itself. Or that's how my proposition sees it. All science and rationality is perception that is the tip to an iceberg that goes ignored. Amazing work M.J., in a handful of words you state what ten thousand attempt too. We exists in the dimensions of a shadow, parallel to seeing.
Thank you so much, Kevin. Yes, there is absolutely no way to give concrete form to that inner metaphysical essence. And getting this title was maybe the hardest part of writing this poem. I was aiming for the ironic, and for a fairly long time the ideas just didn't come. Thanks again. Your comments and insights are always very much appreciated.
Wonderful but slightly envious because I have never done one of these, not brave enough yet :)
Thank you, Sister Frances. It takes me a fairly long time before I think I'm ready to publish one in short form. I hope you dive in, try, because I think you'd be fantastic.
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