it is insane to look for saints in only one house or tree or field
where a saint appeared before and nimbus
angles and mahasiddhas are not herded and when they speak
the virtuous ignore them
so if you want to find the saviors at work this day today
the high ones your grandchildren and their children will pray to
go somewhere that turns your stomach and you feel angry
give your life away to people who seem useless
radically fritter away your promise and your talents
pour your treasure down the toilet for others
slave in the name of others and have not a grain of thank you
work work work with no imagination of reward
die every day and live again for the next day helping
keep dying by helping others
kill all your ideas by washing dishes mopping slopping
pick yourself to the bone by giving
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amen
om mani pademe hung
thank you
amen
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For William Blake
Quail Meadow
Winter 2014
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