* a secret to life

 one of the secrets to life is to feel hungry, and to consciously delay the gratification... 
with the confidence of being gratified, at some point, soon.

the follow-up is, when the gratification comes, 
to savor the process and to refrain from over-indulgence... 
with the confidence that the feeling of hunger (and future wellness), 
will be even easier to attain.

:) 

b114 (3.6-1.2023): life is just a beach

life is a beach [i]
by a. grain

life is just a beach
a vision and extension
a my-story and rhyme
a mode of non-pretension
a whole, a-part (collective) in sandy sort of wa[y]ve
 
life is just a beach
it’s memories we save...

in life 
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·       earth: she certainly can be breath-taking.

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[i] martino, j. (3.6-1.2023). life is a beach. book 114: untitled. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b89 (4.15-2.2020): i'm off (to risk my life)

 
i’m off (to risk my life)  [i]         
by grocer y. s. hopping
 
i’m off, to risk my life (as everybody knows)
i’m off to risk my life, to risk my life:
 
at trader joe’s
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·       to be quite honest, i’m happy just to be able to shower, drive, and shop.  if trader joes is the death knell that finally takes me out, i’ll attempt to sip a little two-buck chuck as my final toast!

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[i] martino, j. (4.15-2.2020). i’m off (to risk my life). book 89: april fools. © 2020 by joal martino.

[ii]“two buck chuck” is trader joe’s “economy” wine.

b77 (2.14-1.2016): Love life

life: the inevitable result of complex chemistry ^[1]

by s. cien tific 

alternative title: Love life

millions, billions, trillions
mega, gega... wat?
everything is tiny in this giant space of us

everything is no-thing (in this teeny bowl of stew)
millions, billions, trillions: it’s the stuff of me and you

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• be-Cause wIe are One:  collaboratively connected, yet divided.  i[n]-div-i-dual, yet Whole.  Same, yet with singularity of perspective.  Stew, yet you.

• who knew?

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[1] martino, j. (2.14-1.16). book 77: shift happens. © 2016 by wellnesseducation.us. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZyVZBtP70

b16 (2.8-4.2003): baklavahhhhhh!

baklavahhhh! [1]

                                                          
a multitude of layers
a smooth, uneven, fit
a party for the taste-buds
can’t get enough of this
 
it’s sweet and sometimes nutty
it’s honey and it’s crust
it is a living paradox, so take a bite (you must)
 
okay (it’s sometimes sticky)
okay, it (sometimes) flakes
okay (it seems imperfect), but here comes my final take:
 
the secret’s in the process
a co-creation (aaahhhhhh!)
a multitude of layers
a life of baklava
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• inspired by Ram Das, who, during a lecture in tallahassee on february 5, 2003, said something like: “life is like baklava.” 

• kind of makes you want to take a little bite out of life, doesn’t it?                   

* life wouldn’t taste as great (if we left out all of the nuts).

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[1] martino, j. (2.8-4.2003). baklavahhhhh! book 16: baklavahhhhh. © 2007 by joal martino. 

[2] image from wikepedia.