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Sandscript
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Seapoems *
Parallel ripples in the sand
contain shells,
notes in the sea's music scales
An arcane Sanskrit
is the sandscript.
Holding the conch to the ear
humming Om one hears.
*
Footnote: William Jones, occupying
judge during the British occupation of India
said "Sanskrit is more perfect than Latin
more copious than Greek and more exquisitely
refined than either." It has 8 conjugations and
8 declensions. It is the only language whose
characters as written match the pattern of
the syllables' sound vibration. Each syllable
of Sanskrit is said to be linked to a different star.
saiom shriver
