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Looking at a translation of the Tao Te Ching I was struck by how absolutely funny the "Note to the reader" section was. This is a pastiche made to rhyme.

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a note to the reader
text assembled here
annotation connotation
shapes are what we hear

intimation of desire
character appeal
comparison translation
the differences we feel

described by a master
well I can only guess
obviously not so faithful
in a 100 years or less

provocative and funny
evidence here to be seen
ever my accomplice
unpleasant and mean

a note to the reader
like the rabbit, like the deer
like a misunderstood profit
a conversation we never hear

I have a theory
it comes to every page
a common salutary
it's the beginning of the age

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from The Boy, The Puppets and The Tiger, released September 1, 2010
electric piano, percussion and voice - Knutson 2010
guitars and synth bass - Knutson 2013

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An evolving collection of selected recordings from 1980 to the present. Anything I've had a hand in... genres cover just about everything. Last year diagnosed with MND, so the recordings are coming to an end...

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