ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

I've said it before, and no doubt I will say it again.

I think at least we can agree on that.

Sure, we are little more than monkeys, but we can at least go easy on the bananas. We didn't come down from the trees in the last shower.

When I was a boy, I played with marbles and toy cars. Now that I am a man, I play with toy marbles.

We are all on the same page, aren't we?

Sometimes I try, and other times I try harder.

The past is past. Let it go. Will it fall into the ocean? Will it fly up into the heavens? Perhaps. Does it matter? Probably.

The future is the future. Let it go, too.

What has been, will be. Let bygones arrive all in their own good time.

Do you find yourself being punished for future mistakes? Anti-karma?

What is the sound of two hands clapping in the future?

If a fallen tree in the forest stands up again, and nobody sees it, does anybody believe it? Does anybody believe it even if they do see it?

Is the search for enlightenment anything like leaving Melbourne in a leaky tyre tube and looking for Devonport?

Stephen Whiteside wrote:Sure, we are little more than monkeys

Little more ?? the gap between monkeys and us is vast and is insurmountable. Anyone who claims otherwise is clearly not interested in reason or evidence.

Oh well, I guess it's all relative. If you compare us both to a gorilla or a baboon, yes, we are very different. If you compare us to an amoeba, the gap appears much less.

Are you bored Stephen?

Yes, I guess so. Does it show? (You don't really have to answer that…)

Uh huh.

Rum and cola mate.


Bob

Stephen Whiteside wrote:
Is the search for enlightenment anything like leaving Melbourne in a leaky tyre tube and looking for Devonport?

I've been to Devonport and no offence to Devonportianites but the place aint awash with enlightenment. Perhaps The Nut @ Stanley?

Glad you're still playing with your toy marbles, most would have lost them by this stage

Marty

It's the journey, Marty, it's the journey...

Yes, love The Nut. Visited there briefly on the way back from the Franklin Blockade in 1983.

G'day Stephen,

I was about to say I have all the answers..... but just what was the question. Now this too seems pointless.

I know what you're up to. You are just testing us to see who is really awake and reading all the posts on the site.

Will you be at the National FF this Easter? We will be there early because our newest Grandson Angus, lives just across the road.

OK you can return to contemplating your navel now, Ooooohhhhhhmmmmmmmm, Oooohhhhmmmmm.