2/5/14

a mamaist taboo






somebody puts outta version 
(or reality) of reality,
using words

their friends & then friends of
theirs (have to?) accept that
take on reality
put out earlier,
which in turn gets spread

eventually you come across
this reality of reality
and decide to weight it
among the others,
investing the words w/
meaning and so on

in time, enough people
have supported this view of
reality that it gets to have
the status as fact

we buy into this 
reality, and thus w/ our
support it takes hold

pretty soon lots of people
support it--like a mask
worn at tribal
ceremonies--and woe
      
betide he or she who 
      would remove it




Botsford, Alan. mamaist: learning a new language. Kamakura, Japan, Minato No Hito, 2002.


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