The Centre for Optimism

by Lawrence Klein

It is impossible for logic,
Whatever the pedagogic
discipline, to transcend the chains of self. To think that linear though
which begot,

the dichotomy, is equal to the task,
to unmask,
the riddle of consciousness,
one must confess,

is illogical. Ego projects riddles to transcend,
and without end,
poses and reposes, questions to amuse the self. It is a paradox,
one can’t outfox.

To seek the self from within,
Silence must transcend the conscious din.