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GAINS - Andrew Whyte
To live- Christ
To die- gain
Not as religious expression
But as lived out reality
Not the virtual/parallel reality
where the loser is the biggest gainer!
Gains- the Angelos network
Gaining weight
Gaining influence
Gaining traction
Generating acclaim
Gaining territory
From Santana- Texas.
Alaska, the Louisiana compact
Losing Bakassi
The whole Of the South Cameroon's
Losing for gain-
South Sudan, Djibouti
Somaliland
Unshackling Stalin's union
Loosening Tito's grip
Gaining Singapore- a coastland
Without a hinterland
Losing Singapore.
The geography of the world
a study in gainful losing
Losing gains made by historical annexation
Gaining poetic/prosaic wisdom
From historical association and allusion
Moving on from gains- modern, postmodern, amodern
Every expression, a value addition
Using the language of Business to express the poetry of hearts
Celebrating our gains from the graininess, grime and graft of
our joy-filled existence!
Andrew Whyte
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