This is just poetry. It won't save you, but it may locate you so that a rescue party can be sent out. — Dean Blehert

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

HEROES AMONG US

There are heroes among us--
a perfect hiding place.

[Note: We tend to identify heroism with heroic postures of bodies. But it's hard to find heroism among beings who feel dependent on meaty mechanisms that can be tethered on a short leash of food, shelter, climate and all the other circumstances that permit bodies to survive. So "among us" is a great hiding place for heroes. Occasionally, disguised as a body, we find someone who only pretends to be meat, while pursuing higher priorities, for example, integrity. Who would suspect it? Shhh! Ain't nobody here but us bodies.]

Dean Blehert
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