Just Say Yes. No, Very No.

Robert Ronnow
Ever Maddening Mandala

Just Say Yes. No, Very No.

--with lines by James Taylor & Bob Dyan

O to be great,
dissipate!

To bring order from chaos
Just say yes.

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Biblical
And not in a fun way.

What are we waiting for?
Nuclear war.

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The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
He not busy being born is busy dying.

Lapsang souchong.
Formosa oolong.

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The skyline from the bridge is a skeleton.
A half moon face up is a buttercup.

Po chu-i traveled mountains in his dreams.
Stop fixing things with duct tape!

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They did this and this and that.
We did this and this and this right back.

I wanted many girls to come up to my room
To experience the magic moments to come, to jump the life to come.

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God speaks by spewing
Photosynthesis and algorithmic intelligence.

Every crack or dent is
Literally, mathematically infinite.

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I am enjoying the insights, the lyricism, the wry humor,
The autumnal delights of the sunset of the empire.

My sons ignore the thunder on the Eurasian front.
They couldn’t do worse than us, the infamous Boomers. Doomers. Blunderers.

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What must not happen
May yet happen.

Just say no,
Very no.