"the anosognosia of everyday life",-

 

Pesonal Unorthodox Crepiderianism

Tonight, as I stepped out

to get a whiff of fresh air

I heard a snail say to a slug:

"belief  in an illusion

is itself  illusory

as lack of belief 

when the subject

is your very self

being totally competent

in your own incompetence,"

Was it malice or stupidity

that transmitted those words to me?

(what I  learned from David Dunning, 1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdnH19KsVVc

NIDUS

 A FABLE FOR ALL CREATURES

There were too many eggs

all hatched at the same time

or so it seemed

for time has little meaning

for eggs

or for hatchlings.

They all checked themselves 

for appendages 

for instincts

and for mouth and teeth.

and naturally, for balance

then they scuttled or careened away.

except for one who had no tail,

he realized.

and no balance 

and with strange thoughts.

of living an unbalanced life 

shunned by all.

until a little boy picked him up in warm sweaty hands

he had no companions also.

for he had a tail

a fabulous friendship started.

they shared the one tail

but also many tales

that each made up.

Their own story was not the only one I heard

but i forgot all the others.

and  wanted to share this before it also was forgotten

If you come across a tailless lizard and a boy with a tail

ask them for other tales 

and record them 

and please share them also

with all those who have something missing

and maybe tails will grow back one day

and missing parts appear,

making everyone a unique complete tale.

SENILITY

 

Olden days are remembered 

sadly

vividly

when you are about to sleep 

or wake

to a palaver

heard 

and almost understood

involving hunters and game

adults and secrets muttered. 

which drift away 

leaving miracles

every day

to a fading sun 

a favorite cat or two 

and a tough to fulfil desire

to stretch 

as though

those days are within reach

Ahmet

25.05.2021

BLOCK

 Writer Suffers but Remembers days of imported wisdom and joy:

At a time when creativity seems to have flown out of the drilled cranium, aome memory cells work double hard to make up.

This is a review of "Nile Shadows" by Edward Whittemore, a favorite book of a favorite author.

 

Ahmet Celebiler

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Great Novels of Humanity

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2010

Verified Purchase

I paid $330 for a copy of this book in 1999 and never regretted it, not even when i loaned it to never receive it again. I went on and bought this copy so that i could read it again in 2002, and i am not a rich person (sometimes dumb, but not rich.)

It is a depressing book because of the atmosphere and the feeling that all the characters are at the end of their times, yet full of the wonder of the days of humanity and the desire to live.

History and tragedy and comedy are all intermingled with two old socialite ladies who were originally maids, living on a houseboat and mummies whose dust pervade the dusky atmosphere. People who are wise beyond their status and foolish because of theirs roll in or sneak in, have their say and disappear to sometimes appear in other guises and other vices.

Whittemore grips you, pleases you, makes you both a participant and a ruthless observer, but never a judge or a jury.

You do not take sides when faced with a flood of water or emotion. You accept it for what it is, but always soak youself in it because it is there.

This is not an easy book to read. The terrific style (one must also give credit to Judy Karasik, the editor) is for the reader who enjoys good literature more than the reader who boasts of his speed-reading ability. The characters would be better appreciated by people who have traveled and met and observed other people and other cultures and other locations even if only in books, as long as they have tried to see from their perspective.

Ahmed, the poet manager/receptionist (no blood relation to me), sums it up in the book "Life is a merciless and mysterious arrangement of logic for a futile purpose". Whittemore uses up all three adjectives to excellent effect in Nile Shadows in regard to people, their actions and world events: merciless, mysterious and futile.