Boldly Go and Carefully

To read the holy quire
To peruse the mystic sheaf
Transcendental map that charts
The resplendent pathways through
A forest of symbols
Enlivening the grass the thicket and the friable sidewalk
Rankling the instrumental functionary
Who denies the deliberate mythology
Constituted to enable the embarkation
Upon the ship of reveries the excursion of ecstasies
Which arose amid smoldering catastrophe
But evolved and consolidated
In the length of tedious hours and drudgeful days

Hear ye O businessperson manager entrepreneur
Ardent fan of professional sports
Sophisticated follower of fashion
Foodie cos player cat fancier
Connoisseur of pornography
Authority upon the better brands
Enthusiast of science art or home improvement
Student hacking away in online coursework
Consumer of miracle cures and get-rich-quick schemes
Disciple of self-aggrandizement obscure cabals and popular frenzy
Political activist for an idealized past or future
Devout adorer of celebrity
Follow your fascination to the fullest
For you yourself are the hero you worship
For the exaltation of which you dream is reality
And since what you imagine is real
Have a care for what you imagine
For the dead matter through which you trudge
Dreaming of strange new worlds and new civilizations
Is itself alive in every drift and particle

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