It's either a torpedo
Or a really big fish.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Happiness is measured
In perceived successes.
Success takes effort,
Governed by planning
Successful tactics, to
Successful strategy to
Surpass those equilibriums,
Between virtuous patience
And all of our deadly sins.
Victor Imari (1/09/06)
Friday, September 01, 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
Tales - Dignity Dictates
There was this story,
As goes much history:
Sometimes it's best to
Let people think through...
Without the questionably
Beneficial distraction of you
It is a tale indeed,
Of two great cities:
Something always comes
From intimacy, but offering
Solutions to thirst isn't always
Called water. Pride precludes
That whenever the worst of
Times hit, so does victory.
- Victor Imari (08/06)
As goes much history:
Sometimes it's best to
Let people think through...
Without the questionably
Beneficial distraction of you
It is a tale indeed,
Of two great cities:
Something always comes
From intimacy, but offering
Solutions to thirst isn't always
Called water. Pride precludes
That whenever the worst of
Times hit, so does victory.
- Victor Imari (08/06)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Free Gods (Requiem)
Whatever I write, er
Is the truest truth, er
Is the truest truth, er
~ The Shah of Athabasca
If I am earth,
Swept by winds,
Then I know,
Fires abound.
Swept by winds,
Then I know,
Fires abound.
If I am wind,
Bound by fires,
There I may know,
Anonymous winds.
Bound by fires,
There I may know,
Anonymous winds.
And if I am fire,
In search of air
That much I know:
Balls of fire here.
In search of air
That much I know:
Balls of fire here.
Free,
Balls of fire here.
Victor Imari (06/21/06)
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
For Haven's Sake
We are brought into
Each others universe
Each others universe
Just ripe enough:
Spoiled, really spoiled
Sometimes, spoilt even;
Sometimes, spoilt even;
Or, right:
Just ripe enough.
~Victor Imari (6/14/06)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Any Leap (Lately)
Any leap aught,
Not be forced.
Not be forced.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
From courage,
Or desperation:
Or desperation:
There is an end,
To everything...
To everything...
There is an end,
To every beginning;
To every beginning;
And every end too.
Victor Imari (6/1/2006)
Monday, May 29, 2006
15 Minutes (What to do)
In my life, there
Are distractions.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Everywhere is authenticity;
Verification that progress
Requires much discipline,
To access safest potentials
When opportunities flower.
Victor Imari (5/29/06)
Are distractions.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Everywhere is authenticity;
Verification that progress
Requires much discipline,
To access safest potentials
When opportunities flower.
Victor Imari (5/29/06)
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Soundness
To listen is...
To love silence
~The Shah of Athabasca
Sound is everything
Next to which lurks
Next to which lurks
Silence beyond what
Beckons, but flows
Beckons, but flows
As if membranes
Through caverns
Through caverns
Bestowed without
Electricity even
Electricity even
Here
Victor Imari (5/14/06)
Friday, April 28, 2006
Any Generalist's Dilemna
To golf or write,
That's all right.
That's all right.
~ The Shah Of Athabasca
Always, there
Are obstacles
Are obstacles
To commandeer
And overcome
And overcome
With desire,
Duly aspired:
Duly aspired:
You can't
But know
But know
The landscape
All too well,
All too well,
If it hasn't
Nailed you (yet)
Nailed you (yet)
There is trajectory.
Victor Imari
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Look
The longer I look around,
The more I am convinced:
The more I am convinced:
There are things to be done,
And there are other things,
And there are other things,
Either to avoid, or not
Necessary. You know:
Necessary. You know:
That extra time around
When we wonder about
When we wonder about
When we make time to
Make sense of writing
Make sense of writing
Down our thoughts
Out loud - like?
Out loud - like?
~Victor Imari
Friday, March 03, 2006
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Generally
Sometimes it's
Probably wiser
To pray than
To worry later.
Probably wiser
To pray than
To worry later.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
There are good
Followers, bad
Followers, bad
Followers, good
Bad followers,
Bad followers,
Bad good followers,
Good bad followers,
Good bad followers,
You get the idea:
Followers are,
Followers are,
Generally...
Questionable.
Questionable.
~ Victor Imari (3/2/06)
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Significance
Bad language is a frustration.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
Various appearances of significance
And disappearance of insignificance
Share a unique relationship that is
Seldom but insignificant in itself:
And disappearance of insignificance
Share a unique relationship that is
Seldom but insignificant in itself:
Your most insignificant action might
Well save the universe of a lifetime
Of significance is measured in terms
Of time, and space. So much so, that
Well save the universe of a lifetime
Of significance is measured in terms
Of time, and space. So much so, that
Without significance would be chaos.
Victor Imari (01/06)
Monday, January 02, 2006
A Trip to BC
Felix, our beloved spider
Was everywhere, and beloved
As ever he blessed us all.
Was everywhere, and beloved
As ever he blessed us all.
~The Shah of Athabasca
Jimmy the mad man was
Not there this time, but
Not there this time, but
His presence was: Why not?
Why not be fearless? Yet...
Why not be fearless? Yet...
There was fear. These people
Dreaded Jimmy. Jimmy did
Dreaded Jimmy. Jimmy did
Their worst anticipation:
Better pretending to be ,
Better pretending to be ,
Better than they'd ever
Seen before their eyes
Seen before their eyes
Landed back, and saw
The future bounce back.
The future bounce back.
Victor Imari (01/06)
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Once
It takes no time
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.
Johnny wanted
To run away as
Fast he could
All in peace,
To run away as
Fast he could
All in peace,
Without reserve,
To live by rules
Mitigated only
By innovation,
To live by rules
Mitigated only
By innovation,
For as long as
He could figure,
On being alive
To then believe,
He could figure,
On being alive
To then believe,
It takes no time,
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.
~Victor Imari (10/27/05)
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Yogi Bera's Advice
The brightest star
Among millions,
Doesn't illuminate
The other stars.
Among millions,
Doesn't illuminate
The other stars.
~ The Shah of Athabasca
I've chosen Yogi Bera's advice,
I've done so more than once.
I've done so more than once.
Like confessions on confetti,
I've felt most of my travels.
I've felt most of my travels.
Where I didn't want to stay,
I moved on to places I knew:
I moved on to places I knew:
If I could do it all again,
I'd do it in reverse by now.
I'd do it in reverse by now.
- Victor Imari (10/7/5)
Monday, August 29, 2005
Big Ideas
Any old shplan might
Work with problems.
Work with problems.
~The Shah of Athabasca
Any old thing you may
Feel can be made up
Feel can be made up
Of your very own life's
Dreams and desires,
Dreams and desires,
Failures, triumphs,
You get the idea...
You get the idea...
All those feelings,
Bound to collide,
Bound to collide,
On but one condition:
That they're allowed.
That they're allowed.
~Victor Imari (29/08/05)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Why Not?
Truest love is the best
Peace of cherishment.
Peace of cherishment.
~The Shah of Athabasca
Between humility and humiliation
Lies a chasm, which cannot bridge
Lies a chasm, which cannot bridge
The tests of time are but forgotten
Like accidents over darkest nights
Like accidents over darkest nights
Filled with anticipation of horrors
Sprung from desires to change lies
Sprung from desires to change lies
Deep within the human condition
That challenges your self-dignity
That challenges your self-dignity
To places where the atmosphere
Is familiar, but the people are
Is familiar, but the people are
Not.
~Victor Imari (8/24/05)
Sunday, July 24, 2005
To Ringo
Personally, I prefer some
Paranoia to the real thing.
Paranoia to the real thing.
~The Shah of Athabasca
When experience is aged expectation,
The truth is eclipsed by the unknown.
The truth is eclipsed by the unknown.
Risk is to belief as its merit is to inheritance.
None can be another; nothing is merely anything.
None can be another; nothing is merely anything.
Freedom is more the offspring of discovering,
And letting go (of some truth, than its capture).
And letting go (of some truth, than its capture).
~Victor Imari (06/04)
Cupidity
Between desire and possibility,
Flows opportunity. Between love
And loss floats some disutility.
Flows opportunity. Between love
And loss floats some disutility.
~The Shah of Athabasca
As far as eyes see,
What's lost is uncertainty;
Perhaps a tribute
Paid by the same torrent:
What's lost is uncertainty;
Perhaps a tribute
Paid by the same torrent:
What mystery?
All the same, never fate be
Where hope runs dry,
At the mercy of dreams to die.
Perception is the public self
Don't you know:
All the same, never fate be
Where hope runs dry,
At the mercy of dreams to die.
Perception is the public self
Don't you know:
Choice is God's gift,
And decision is our torment;
And time is that wheel,
Riding those divine railways...
And decision is our torment;
And time is that wheel,
Riding those divine railways...
'By the way, about that bridge...'
Might there be a single currency,
You think, over galactic years?
It is indeed too bad we can't deal
With all the world's ill in one setting:
All seven sins, in just so much time.
Might there be a single currency,
You think, over galactic years?
It is indeed too bad we can't deal
With all the world's ill in one setting:
All seven sins, in just so much time.
With all the visions,
And revisions...alas,
Indifference is the grease
That expedites our(downward?)
And revisions...alas,
Indifference is the grease
That expedites our(downward?)
Spiral of despair;
Precluding the friction to obviate
Resolution toward repair.
Precluding the friction to obviate
Resolution toward repair.
The truly heard are
Not among the veritably haunted.
'There will be time,
There will be time'
Not to have to justify,
Not among the veritably haunted.
'There will be time,
There will be time'
Not to have to justify,
In place of incurable possibilities,
The impossible!
But to vindicate death
Is to love that dream
The impossible!
But to vindicate death
Is to love that dream
Through fiery muds
Of hell's delayed truth...
Conditional, or worse, arbitrary
Love (of life), unlike death (of love).
Of hell's delayed truth...
Conditional, or worse, arbitrary
Love (of life), unlike death (of love).
After all (the same),
Love is...where God lies:
Free of choices,
Silently sailing seas of choices.
Love is...where God lies:
Free of choices,
Silently sailing seas of choices.
~Victor Imari, 1997
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