Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west. - Paul Bowles

Tunner’s presence created a situation, however slight, which kept him from entering into the reflective state he considered essential.

Poem

Things will go on like this for
Ever. No
Thing shall shatter. No
Tree. No
Blade of grass shall be
There. No
Thing but
Blue rocks shall
Fill the valley where I
Sleep.
Things shall go on like this for
Ever.
Things shall be un
Broken.
No action shall shatter. No
Thing shall escape and no
Body shall shatter ideas and no
Being shall shatter. No
Tree. No
Blade of grass shall
Be present to
Witness the
Incident.

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Everything shall be always thus. No
Thing shall be turned or moved.
Touched.
All shall forever be so.

Here we say that life is a cliff, and you must never turn around and look back when you’re climbing.