The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Descartes

The man about whom I write
was trapped in an age-old fight.
In life he found little meaning,
yet his fate kept intervening.
It sought to teach him love,
a concept he viewed from above.
Instead he turned to his learning,
but it only increased his yearning.

Over time the truth became clear.
However it only increased his fear.
For what he realized was this:

Life is only bliss,
And somewhere between animal and artificial is man...