1 result for (book:tma AND heading:"appendix c" AND stemmed:world)
[... 14 paragraphs ...]
Magic is public
as the air,
so obvious
and clear that it appears
invisible.
And we look through it
at the world,
which rises up about us
everywhere.
When we wake up
in the morning,
the world is always there
waiting.
We never catch it
coming or going,
and no smallest part of it
disappears
before our eyes,
but stays intact.
But all of that implies
just too much
precision
to happen all by
itself,
a whole world mysteriously
appearing
out of nowhere, putting itself together
just right
without instructions or previous experience.
[... 1 paragraph ...]
We like to think
that chance alone
collected the pieces of
the world,
stitching together the
continents,
turning the dumb elements
into fish and fowl,
and you and me, finally.
[... 5 paragraphs ...]