January Oracle (edit)

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I was wondering where the original poem went

The rewritten one is a completely different poem, and not knowing much about the I Ching I don’t get it

I interpreted the original as the specialist giving a prognosis. Merciless eyes fit well.
The I Ching was just to while away the time while waiting, a distraction
The dragons fighting - all the other details being distractions. Or a memory of some Cretaceous valley.

I don’t know what to make of the new one

Part of the problem is the "specialist" part is now so far in my rear view mirror, but, yes, it ls a new poem, and a failure, because it's like quoting parables with no context.  I'll have to let my mind come round to wanting to think about the specialist again.