To yield is to be preserved whole.
Lao-tse
a year ago:
the retreat. mountain under heaven.
today,
the taming power of the small
dense clouds trickle with meanings
and the shadow that restrains,
holds in a leash.
the time has not yet come for sweeping measures
the superior man
-a strange phrasing-
must keep himself refined
and his inferiors at a distance
yet what does the inferior woman do
to achieve a succesfull outcome
in retreat or advancement, both?
six in the second place means nothing
nine in the second place, nine
in the third place
or was it the fourth place?
all bring progress and success
but the wind is the least visible of all the phenomena
and the completion of the circle
seems entirely undone
