Thanks all for your encouraging reactions. Glad you all enjoyed the poem. 
And yes, the poem is open to any number of interpretations. I guess that's 
why it's written in poem, rather than prose narrative form.

Baba


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>Subject: Re: How hypocrisy in ‘pansive garbl e  bark!!
>Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:54:50 -0600
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>"Got to think a little bit harder to grasp the depth of this poem.” Rene
>  Quite agreeable! As if you are reading the minds of the many digging into 
>the meaning of the poem. The craft is truly beautiful but more beautiful is 
>its exemplary usage of words.
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>“See how” is finger pointing to the direction you should be gazing.
>From the poem’s title “hypocrisy” is short for double-standards. It is 
>also the ending of the poem saying look at the hypocrites are barking, as 
>in dogs helping to confuse a situation by their noise arrogantly. It looks 
>like each of the stanzas stand alone, so independent to the other. In 
>solving puzzles, it requires one to closely follow events.  In the closing 
>remarks, the poem carries a message that seems to be taking different shots 
>in different angles.
>First, we started with the “streams flowing” with the mockery of serious 
>minds. The second stanza is talking about young “intellectuals” [birds of 
>thought] utilizing their brains to the fullest. If it is dry on earth and 
>the deserts, obviously dark skies are promises of refreshing rains, 
>especially if they are so “pregnant” with water.  If the deserts are 
>inhabited, then clouds are jubilated. We hope it is a refreshing rain.
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>In the second to last stanza, it talks about those “mighty” fellows who 
>subscribe their destiny to an “untamed wind” leading to their demise 
>(sinking.) Here, wherever the direction of wind heads to, that’s your 
>direction-whether to wrong doing or right doing.  It is as if you are out 
>of self-control.  You dance to a tune not yours. In most cases, the wind 
>sways in the direction of wrong doing. From the poem, it is also clear 
>those trees are rooted firm to the ground.
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>Ants becoming elephants are signs of arrogance, boastfulness and power 
>obsession. Obviously if the elephants get demoted to ants, then we ask 
>where the tusk, the tail and the body wall are.
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>Broken to pieces below. Baba, thanks for the poem once again. Please, break 
>the ice. It is too solid and cold to the touch. Like Rene had it, One must 
>think hard about the poem.
>
>Regards,
>Yero.
>
>See how
>[Streams flowUp hill]
>Defying gravity cryingFor the call of illusive reason makingMockery of 
>serious minds
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>See how
>[Birds of thought flapTheir tender wingsIn the depths of earth]
>[How pregnant clouds of sugared rain sailBeneath layers of thirsty desert]
>Defying sense defying
>[The ceaseless dancing of the sands of timeOn the glassy floors of 
>eternity!] See how
>[Mighty trees of passion sinkTheir giant hoary roots intoThe concrete 
>heavens how
>Their lush green branches swayAnd danceTo the weeping gusts of untamed 
>windsIn the spaceless crust of this surprised earth!] See how
>[ants become elephantsAnd elephants ants]
>[How darkness becomes light]
>[And lightShrouded in blinding gloom stumble]
>[How arrogance struts around in noble garbsHow hypocrisy in ‘pansive 
>garble bark!!]
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> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:17:19 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: 
>Re: How hypocrisy in ‘pansive garble bark!!> To: 
>[log in to unmask]> > Baba,> A very thought provacative poem. The 
>imagery is also beautifully > crafted: birds of thought; pregnant clouds of 
>sugared rain; layers of thirsty > desert; mighty trees of passion and 
>weeping gust of untamed winds. Got to think a > little bit harder to grasp 
>the depth of this poem. Keep up with the muse.> > Rene > > > > 
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