It can be defined in many ways
So there would be no way
that we could even begin to refute
its virtuality, principle or pith
It is an amorphous thought,
so let it walk on by
Throughout history it has manifest
in various forms
In an evangelical who has sought
to explain the nature of god, a theological treatise,
or in some cases just a smile on a porcupine's face
But it is the intangible that matters
For it is the means by which we may learn
our place
Because the cultivation of consciousness
is what it is all about
So don't weigh me down in your arguments
about absolute truth
as there is credence in relativity
There is a certain level of confidence
that exists in admitting the essentiality of one's errors
as what is right may be tempered by context
And from this our humility may certainly grow
So allow me to feel the spirit as if it were real
The contradiction humiliates me but let this be really so
Let me hear it in the wind as it begins to bluster and blow
It is the puzzle, the mystery, the riddle, the enigma
and the cosmic crux
So you can decide whether a lowly dog
has a real sense of humor
by analyzing the angles at the surface of the corners
of its mouth
But be sure that he has had plenty of water,
and if possible,
try to do anything that could possibly
scale down the heat
Because panting is not good for him
and it could tamper with your important results
It might be best to think of the spirit as a butterfly
with colored wings and black and white spots
This comes closer to the veritable thing
as it is an idea that surfaces as an imaginary object
Without it we would be in desperate straits
And this is not what we would recommend
Because few people can begin to conceive of the ineffable
so it is in icons that we must come to resort
Give me inamorata, give me your simulacrum for it is the fatted calf
that is a pagan symbol
But the inquisition has passed and the separatists are no longer a threat
Allow them to Basque in their glory on the sunny side
not far from Gibraltar, England or Spain
because the spirit gives us life but the flesh gives us nothing
It is this that the animists say