Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #7"
“
but don’t get uptight : the guns
will not win this one, they are
an incidental part of the action
which we better damn well be good at,
what will win
is mantras, the sustenance we give each other,
the energy we plug into
(the fact that we touch
share food)
the buddha nature
of everyone, friend and foe, like a million earthworms
tunnelling under this structure
till it falls
— Diane di Prima
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "but don’t get uptight : the guns
will not win this one, they are
an incidental part of the action
which we better damn well be good at,
what will win
is mantras, the sustenance we give each other,
the energy we plug into
(the fact that we touch
share food)
the buddha nature
of everyone, friend and foe, like a million earthworms
tunnelling under this structure
till it falls" in the context of "Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #7"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
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