wherein i devise a reason to rhyme metropol and seoul

from shigol to metropol
betwixt the new,
astride the old
an old man digs,
an old man folds
the earth again
and starts to mold
the earth into
a field of gold
shimmering in
the summer sun;
glistening in
a clever pun.
brown rocks and twigs
demark the field
to oblong squares
that will soon yield
onions and herbs
cabbage and corn –
a meal prepared
before the storm.
but far above
this fecund patch
a [...]

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what to fix anything?

work towards the “empowerment of individuals.”

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whitman quote of the day

You must not know too much, or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft; a certain free margin, and even vagueness - perhaps ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things…
- Walt Whitman

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spring time for justin

it’s spring in korea. i told you a few days ago, but now that spring is about a week old, this is what i’ve seen (in part):
frog eggs in a mountain stream (the genes were American in origin, so Korean hikers weren’t so excited to see them, since the tad poles will grow up to [...]

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