3.26.19

i'm me
like a child
stands on
a balcony
and imagines
they are
a king



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3.26.19

3.21.19

desecrations
we perform in our head
on any normal beautiful day

separate from
primeval innocence
that hovers almost like sky

in abiding
all is realized as one
we saw ourselves as actors


**

the day after the first day of spring
2019

can't blame sailors / for telling tales

can't blame sailors
for telling tales
even if they aren't true
ocean gives
the ocean takes from you
can take everything
if you make it back
sometimes
you need to say something
about what can't be explained
to those who won't believe


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3.19.19

direct experience
nothing to say
but i can't help myself
it is quiet i speak

conflict arises as guru
illusory trials
through phantom places
gradually back home

the moon rises
just like before
when you thought
knew everything



**

3.19.19
almost spring

every

the ship sunk
in green ocean

guns pointed
at the sky

it was full
of people

full of fuel
and bombs

full of food
goods and shoes

full of papers
and tires

oil and rags
metal hinges

doors cups
beds blankets

glass and
wood

the green ocean
has absorbed it

like nature
will absorb us

out of
any fiery disaster

out of
any highest rage

out of
any terrible moment

every little thing

every detail

every person

natures
greatest serenity

cannot
be refused

as if it can't / happen to us

words are words
until they eat the writer

it has happened
many words and writers

some words and people
we miss and use frequently

as if it can't
happen to us


*

who knew something like this

who knew something like this could cause so much pain
and these
create so much anguish and i am so hungry

invaded my home
poisoned me

they look like stringy vegetables like wormy roots
taste like rabbits
i must eat i'm a big man

filthy clever full of whiles and deceit
my useless neighbors
a clan of fools

ODYSSEUS burned into my brain
no one
indeed too clever for your own good

who knew something like this could cause so much pain
and these
create so much anguish


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Sicily

Mr. Hyakujô.in a Cloud

I saw a cloud, with the sun peering through, and it said:  "The law of cause and effect cannot be obscured." The cloud looked like Mr. Hyakujô.

Eurysaces and His Most Excellent Wife

Chung Tzu is here, reading the newspaper.

Eurysaces drops by and says, quite loudly, "EST HOC MONIMENTUM MARGEI VERGILEI EURSYACIS PISTORIS REDEMPTORIS APPARET."

Chung Tzu gives him a salute, where he is sitting.

"I'm sorry, I don't speak Latin."

"Don't worry, Son." says Eurysaces. "I was saying I bake."

"And his most excellent wife was as precious as a basket of bread.*" says Chung Tzu.




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Hat Lake



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* FUIT ATISTIA UXOR MIHEI FEMINA OPITUMA VEIXSIT QUOIUS CORPORIS RELIQUAE QUOD SUPERANT SUNT IN HOC PANARIO

Reading Koans

It is a winter morning, very bright, very cold. I read koans. They all seem to make sense.

"Snow shakes off the arms of trees." I observe to Chung Tzu

"You're a very busy little fellow in your noggin."says Chung Tzu.


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Hat Lake