LAYERS OF LIFE: An Exploration of Samaskaric Sheaths IMAGE: A layered fossil with a semblance of text Many spirits dwell in each being just as manifold layers exist in onions or trees. Though our surface is obvious our depths hold mysteries. All living things are time machines and polychronistic pieces of art: each adult contains an adolescent and within that is a far more ancient part. Ron: (gerping loudly) . . . this sort ah bunk hazz been written mony times. Why hash through it again? Lex: (sipping some wine) Some truths are worth repeating. Ron: People must discover 'truth' fer themselves: writing is essentially futile. Lis: (shrugging her shoulders) At least dah art iz nice. I like dah earthy colors. ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A pictorial poem about human identity over time and dialog about not taking words too seriously. KEYWORDS: life layers, layered existence, layers of existence, human identity Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 1980 Port Angeles, WA (USA) ✠ Finished: 2023 Yokohama (Japan) Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/inspi.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/coast.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: https://www.tnewfields.info/de/s.htm ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/capas.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/inochi.htm