two poems

[Jeff Aitken]

1:

"(W)e have moved from product- and service-driven stages of the economy to
an era that is driven by staging and co-creating customer experiences..."
-- Illuminating the Blind Spot: Leadership in the Context of Emerging
Worlds (Arthur, Senge, et al, 2000)


Like a lily it flowers from base to wide mouth,
its sharp edges softened for contact with lips:
this glass is a giver of sustenance.

Five experiences surround my desk
waiting calmly in their guise as things.
let us gently lift their veils:

Comfort is dressed as a black desk lamp.
safety rests easy, disguised as a map.
pleasure awaits its unfoldment as apple.

But here is the most transparent being:
this old white telephone is love.
look! it is not always love that flows thru,

But that it is made is love. to lift this slim handle
and feel the softening heart of my father,
what else can it be?

And now all five call out to me:
let us be a love economy.




2:


lamp apple phone map glass
glass map apple phone lamp
apple phone lamp glass map
map lamp glass apple phone
phone glass map lamp apple

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