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The Splendid Myth

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We have a problem

Everywhere

In that

We perceive myth

As untruth

As a story

That’s a lie

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That’s a myth

We say

Meaning it’s

Untrue

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But myth itself

Is better

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It’s is a culture’s aim

To explain

What is larger

Than our words

Because

It’s larger than our thoughts

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The source of things

The wherewithal

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The why

The motivation

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Weather

Natural disaster

Seasons

Where and when

There are seasons

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The attributes of animals

And of ourselves

And finally

Mortality

Of everything

It seems

Except perhaps

The Earth itself

The light and dark

With sun and moon

And other skyward things

We might take in

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Though all these

Need our stories

Too

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These are myths

Neither stupid

Nor naïve

For they are put together

By great minds

And hearts

To work the mind

To placate

To work

To stir toward greater

Effort

Greater meaning

Our thoughts

Our feelings

All our ambitions

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Everything

Given worth

If partially

Yet splendidly

Explained

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