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Picnic at the edge of time

October 25, 2022 by szachik@pvs.org Leave a Comment

By Junior Levi Kassinove

Something is in the air, and it’s not autumn. The annual Palm Valley School Poetry Recitation quickly approaches. I asked our bloggers to speak to, for, against, about poetry–or compose their own original verse. Levi and his soul ask “Why?”

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On a large beach towel

Draped across humble grass

Ideas ferment 

What is ascent?

Surrounded by reality and griffins 

A lost soul gazes in an esoteric direction

It sees smoke arising from fiery grass

Missiles of infinite malice flying through space

Screams of regret

Of lost hope

The soul turns to a brilliant light sitting beside it

“Why?”

Experience is the essence of life 

The light homogenizes back into the universe 

Time is an arbitrary concept

It’s not too late to start over

Because the god of wisdom 

Is you

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Levi Kassinove, Picnic at the edge of time

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