and turbulence below.
Only far far down will you find calm
and there dwell strange beings whose
light is used to lure lost fish to their dooms.
There is no hiding: life is in the surf, in the tide.
Life is in the Gulf Stream, and the surging of
Schools of fish, teaching that life is movement.
If you feel lost: get used to it.
If you know what is coming, it will
never come at all.
And whatever it is, you need it.
Berkeley, 1956.
Rather, if it had been Berkeley 1956, and if it had been Allan Ginsberg writing this, in lieu, say, of “America”, then we would all be better off.
There is a rational lunacy. It is the root of all true progress. Irrational lunacy, combined with intelligence, talent, effort and time is the root of most regress.
And if all this confuses you, fantastic.