Author’s note: Inspiration taken from Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and The Eagle”. Variations of it can be found here https://fablesofaesop.com/the-tortoise-and-the-eagle.html.
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Endurance of Spirit
Man is first pliable,
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Lord's Prayer on a Bowsprit
O Lord,
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Come Home
If it’s true, as oft they claim,
That one’s eyes are windows to one’s soul,
Then come close, peer deep within,
Glimpse the depths of this restless heart of mine.
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Haiku at 3am
Author’s note: Driving back from a party late at night and my slight astigmatism causing the other vehicle’s lights to seem like halos, my mind went straight to stars, their beauty, and the kernel of the idea that the terrestrial mirrors the heavens, but does so imperfectly; an example being...
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Tumbleweeds
Two lovers
Apart
Separated by large and empty desert expanse
On which the wind gently rocks tumbleweeds to and fro
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Perhaps I should have been a Painter
Much to the disappointment of romantics
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May Things Go The Ideal Way
I’ve often said
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Cresting Sisyphus’ Mountain
Readily will I unburden Sisyphus,
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An Inquiry as to whether Utilitarianism can be Divorced from the Spatiotemporal
Author’s note: I’d written this for a philosophy class my last semester at MIT. The main thesis here is pretty contrived, forced, and probably wrong, but is in my opinion, interesting nonetheless. I’ve found that I frequently come up with counterintuitive claims for which I do my damndest to argue...
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