Tuesday, August 3, 2010

LIFE EXPERIMENTS: CUT IT OUT

First one must cut out everything to have everything
First one must cut out everything to have everything

 One must make space
 Open closets
 Strip old paint
 Throw stupid shoes out the window
  
 First one must cut out everything to have everything

 First one must stop doing anything to be anything
 First one must stop being anything to do anything

 First one must cut out everything to have everything
  
One must burn degrees 
 Empty drawers
 Mop the floors
 Relieve the trunk 
  
 First one must cut out everything to have everything
     
 One must forget one's name
 One's talent
 Forget one's dreams
 The klutzy past
  
 First one must forget everything to remember everything
 First one must forget everything to remember everything

 In the absence of place there exists a space; an emptiness
  
 And a choice

 To change is to choose
 To choose is to change
  
 But, first
   
 One must...



[This post is part of the LIFE EXPERIMENTS SERIES - a tribute to leaving my job to live my dream. To follow this journey click on the LIFE EXPERIMENTS tag at the bottom of this post... all related postings can be readily found there.]

4 comments:

  1. Love the play on words.

    I will, I must...

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  2. ... cut out everything to have everything ...

    Great ...

    love everything to be everything

    That is what you do.

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  3. mmmmmmmmm...
    yes!

    Forget
    everything
    to remember

    Everything!

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  4. First one must forget everything to remember everything
    First one must forget everything to remember everything

    I enjoyed the repetition of this line for emphasis. It is a very thought provoking poem. Thank you for sharing.

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