An individual blade of grass is inconceivable. It only exists as the pattern of relationships—seed, soil, roots, water, sun—called grass. An individual donkey is also inconceivable.
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“Blurtso and Harlan consider supper”
That was a wonderful supper, said Blurtso. Yes, said Harlan, it was. But it’s sad to think, said Blurtso, that everything we ate was once alive. Yes, said Harlan, that’s true. I suppose, said Blurtso, that everything that is ever alive is eventually eaten. Yes, said Harlan, it is. Harlan? said Blurtso. Yes? said Harlan. I hope whoever eats me is as nice as you. Thank you, said Harlan, I feel the same way.
“Blurtso finds a cave”
Hey, what’s this?
I wonder where it leads?
Maybe it leads to the center of the earth…
…and maybe I’ll learn something I could never learn
in the light of day, something without words
and without appearance….
something… that embraces and erases…
… me