On knowledge

 For the humble man, the knowledge that they have knowledge forms a source of great pleasure and not vanity.

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v2:

For the right man, the knowledge that they have knowledge forms a source of great pleasure and not vanity.


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Follow-up:

For any man, the knowledge of possessing understanding should be THE source of greatest pleasure.

Internet Emotions

At this Internet instant
Friend 1 tells Friend 2
just like that
out of nowhere
like a popup notification
without a ding
that a month ago
Friend 1 miscarried...

Post an amicable exchange,
Some amount of
jokes and pleasantries
-- the bedrock of
quotidian conversation --,
Them catching up after
More than a few months.

Makes me muse momentarily
Life is such a fleeting blip
of a tragedy.

Momentary Melancholia sigh ...
Is that even a thing !?

At this next Internet instant,
notification panel lights up,
-- Again, and with a ding! --
then a photo of Friend 2's niece,
her missing front tooth
embellishing her open grin :D

Moment to moment
Life reminding itself
Its many possibilities,
recommending sentimentality
and not ubiquitous boredom
at this Internet instant.

Who knows
The poet too might have heard
on some other boring day
the cry of the miscarriager
the shout of the child
Losing its milk teeth
from neighbouring huts
by the flowing river
that's maybe dry by now,
And momentarily paused...