another poem from j. tischer

my favorite part is the first three stanzas. scroll south to read the whole thing.

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I am folded into myself.
I found myself like this
one day...I was shocked.

"Things get very clear
when you're cornered."
Is this why I feel so sharp?

I feel the edges where
I've been folded by events
leading to this moment.
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I am folded into myself.
I found myself like this
one day...I was shocked.

"Things get very clear
when you're cornered."
Is this why I feel so sharp?

I feel the edges where
I've been folded by events
leading to this moment.

I learned to appreciate
the tension of events
leading to moments.

I used to appreciate
in retrospect. Now I
appreciate in anticipation.

The play's the thing
in which the truth is
revealed. The truth

is not a word. It's an
event. I am this living
folding that goes on.

Adults call "play"
"the real world".
I call the real world
a playground.

If you think I'm serious,
you have one side of the coin.
The other side is mystery.

I can do this, whatever
I am doing. It's so easy
and so hard to get to this
point..

The point is never give up
on anything. Giving up is
loosing sense of humor.

Even seppuku is a joke.
If you think big enough,
you won't stop laughing.

This is what I learned
in the playground.

— J. Tischer 2003