"Got to think a little bit harder to grasp the depth of this poem.$B!I(B 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. 
 
$B!H(BSee how$B!I(B is finger pointing to the direction you should be gazing. 
From the poem$B!G(Bs title $B!H(Bhypocrisy$B!I(B 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 $B!H(Bstreams flowing$B!I(B with the mockery of serious minds. The second stanza is talking about young $B!H(Bintellectuals$B!I(B [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 $B!H(Bpregnant$B!I(B with water.  If the deserts are inhabited, then clouds are jubilated. We hope it is a refreshing rain.  
 
In the second to last stanza, it talks about those $B!H(Bmighty$B!I(B fellows who subscribe their destiny to an $B!H(Buntamed wind$B!I(B leading to their demise (sinking.) Here, wherever the direction of wind heads to, that$B!G(Bs 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. 
 
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. 
 
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
 
 
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 $B!F(Bpansive garble bark!!]
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:17:19 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: How hypocrisy in $B!F(Bpansive 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 > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products.> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)> > $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"(B> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"(B> 
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