I was walking on the tracks in Jackson. I saw a deer, I walked over to it and It looked at me in the eye and said, Do you see this world around you, do you see the trees, do you see the flora and fauna? Do you see how we swing and we sway and we moan with the morning winds and the evening tide? Do you see the sun setting in the West? I looked around and I noticed it for the first time in months. And I said, Ya, ya I understand. I see that. And the deer said, Look closer. Do you really understand? Do you really see whats going on? And I looked again, and I saw the rising of cities and I saw the destruction of lands that I had never seen before. And it came to me in a vision that was all at once terrible and frightening. And I said, how did all this happen how did I never see it before? And the deer just looked at me. I said, I dont understand. And the deer just looked at me again and said: You dont understand. The deer walked away into the forest; I could not follow. After months of sleeping in the city I took the night train to Jackson. I got off at the terminal and I walked in front, and I saw the deer lying on the tracks. I looked at it in the eyes and the deer looked at me with a sign of faint recognition. I said, how did this happen? And the deer glanced at the huge machine next to me, the titanic monster, paving the way for civilization. The deer said: Do you see now, do you understand? and I looked around me, the city, at the train, at the nightmares of man; and I said, I understand. The deer said, Then do something about it.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:02:15 +0000
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