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leverage
pulling levers one way or
another is something we
all enjoy exercising power
with a light switch and
entering risk and thrill
on a one armed bandit
being top is the goal and
most have to accept a
nother role but like
the king of the castle
we’re all toppled in the
end and every power is
mutable and muted
making money has no
purpose without the wel
fare of others making music
enfolds us in a mystery on
the edges of time making
love is the cross formed
wave of giving self and
emptying pouring out the
illusory gains of importance
and possession birth gives
us but one lever re
sponding to the call
to lose everything for
the pearl we can never
own the lustrous glory
of every life the smile
of creation and the
darkness from whence
we have come
open your shell
© Neil Thompson 2026