Undercurrent of Imperfection

We see through a glass darkly—

see more than we can understand.

Sacrifice symmetry

and a syrupy sentimentality

for the beauty of the living hour.

Pull the plug on it.

Look straight at the message—

the mess of faith and

commercially-packaged angst.

Source:

The Power of Perception and Critical Imagination: Alfred Kazin on Embracing Contradiction and How the Sacredness of Human Attention Shapes Our Reality

Chapter 4 of Em and The Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto 


Note: First published in The Sunflower Collective (Oct. 2016)