Wumbulu
Is this really 'I now not the condition' or should it be 'I know not the condition'?
2012-04-17

Joe, I guess the wise recluse was telepathic.

The "no" in line 6 is one of Gary Snyder's defining words, used as you have used it (in his book No Nature).

Beyond that, the point of the poem is well taken.

jim
2012-03-26

ken d williams
The sage scratched his/her chin. Picked up a stick , and wrote in the dirt '' I can not hear you , my friend '' but I think you may be blind '' '' for you can not see for looking , I think! ''
Ken ( D Williams )
2012-03-26