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Zane Parks

How Vast the Dark

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

                                    —Stanley Kubrick

Hegel’s writing regimen was this. Draft one was understandable by anyone. Draft two, only by the college-educated. Draft three, only by those with a degree in philosophy. Draft four, only by the most learned philosophers. Draft five, only by Hegel. Then a sixth and final draft.

setting sun
illumination flickers
dies

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About the Author

Zane Parks lives with his wife on the paradise coast of Florida. In between bouts of extreme writer’s block he writes haiku, tanka, and related forms.