Most ghosts abhor dawn. Not Thomas Merton's. The dark is good, a manifestation of no-mind, the null and the void. But sunrise is the go-beyond, the tomb with the slab akilter. Bretheren and cistercians, it's raining; the fan wire's frayed and his spirit is finally free to travel.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Thomas Merton's Ghost
Most ghosts abhor dawn. Not Thomas Merton's. The dark is good, a manifestation of no-mind, the null and the void. But sunrise is the go-beyond, the tomb with the slab akilter. Bretheren and cistercians, it's raining; the fan wire's frayed and his spirit is finally free to travel.
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