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Shine Like Crazy Diamonds
We nonconformists, who align with Jonathan Livingston Seagull, need not be antisocial anarchists
“For in spite of his lonely past, Jonathan Seagull was born to be an instructor, and his own way of demonstrating love was to give something of the truth that he had seen to a gull who only asked a chance to see truth for himself.” — Richard Bach, in Jonathan Livingston Seagull
what’s good for the flock
may not be good for the bird
but here’s what matters
Seagulls please act for yourselves
so long as flock not injured
judge not
high and mighty
God is not offended
let me live, go sit on gearstick
amen
Apparently, this poem percolated unbeknownst to me for several hours, until I went for a run, chugged some wine, and took a shower. Everyone has their own creative process. I never have writer’s block because I never intend to write.
Every now and then, I read something on Medium that brings me back to a moment years ago, which I said so well once, and then because Medium has no internal combustion search engine that fires on even three…
