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# “Time In The Rock”
- URL: https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/time-in-the-rock/
- Published: 2025-08-25T10:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-25T10:00:04.000Z
- Author: Richard Jeffrey Newman
- Tags: Microblog

And there I saw the seed upon the mountain  
but it was not a seed it was a star  
but it was not a star in was a world  
but it was not a world it was a god  
but it was not a god it was a laughter

blood red within and lightning for its rind  
the root came out like gold and it was anger  
the root came out like fire and it was fury  
the root came out like horn and it was purpose  
but it was not a root it was a hand

—*from* “Time in the Rock or Prelude to Definition,” Conrad Aiken