Not sure how the words below came to be but they were initially written 24 October 2024 (about 22:00!) and then, with a bit more thought and editing on 20 November, around 20:00, they have made it!

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The curved irregularity
The quietude of valleys
The incessant bucolic

That mutual passion
Can be nowhere else
But is here instead

The vested interests
The preserving of dishonesty
The subject recognises

That difficult intent
Can be nowhere else
But is here unbled

Falling into balance
Fearing wanton opinions
Fighting the passion

Can it help to be helpless?
Does it do to suffer gladly?
Is it right to assuage guilt?

Answers there are not
Freedoms to not enact
But

Always seeking
Always understanding
Always learning

But never too linear

As that’s the art
The art of exploration

To see the disorder

To see the threads

To justify collaboration

To plot the discoveries

To exercise guidance

And delight

Through effort

And

Soul