On Under Standing our Buts
As we take time to observe the “buts” which appear and punctuate our conversations, these buts we may find are more than arbitrary gobbledygook. There may appear some deeper method in their madness…Just possibly shape changing, transformatiion,
Ah…“but”… so insignificantly thrown off the tongue.
A transformatiion word sculpture
"The Be and the But of Conversation"
or " Be the But of Conversation"
"But Opportunity"
Now if I could be so crass
To suggest we take a moment
To contemplate
To contemplate our buts
Look through your but
And you might see
From a less familiar perspective
Is that a smile?
It appears like one from my perspective
But do not be… shall we say…embarrassed
This is not the object…ive
Great
You do demonstrate
Flexibility!
Caution
Do not assume
This position of examination
For extended periods
Or you may find yourself off balance
But
We will go there now
We could use the exercise
“But,” you say
Most every day
“I do not understand “
“But, I have other things to do”
But, but, but
Buts are but opportunities
Take time, observe behind
Take a moment, be still
Be
Listen
Slowly
You will see
Those buts are placed most appropriately
So that we might …under stand
That but is but beauty in disguise
And can appear before your eyes
To begin b
Just be
Be more, bu,
In the middle is u
Between be ing and subtle ty
That is to say… subtle t
Now connect to subtlety
And go beyond subtle t…
Hear the sound of not so subtlety
All together now b u t
Try it back word tu b
Transformatiion too begins as subtlety
Concluding in formation
All is
Within your grasp
That is, if you do not too tightly hold
Onto you’re all too familiar but
Be aware of buts along your path
Be aware that subtle beauty resides within
Or may we say… behind
I speak of conversation
If you have lost the plot
It is easy to be distracted
You’ll notice that a lot
As buts they do attract attention
And you hear not from the ear
And do not take advantage
Of all there is arrear
Of all there is too… here
