Thursday, June 08, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (496)
IF THE LAST
If the last thing
you want is
a bullet hole,
don't go through
Chicago,
the old monk said.
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I SAY
I say I'm German
but there might be
a little Polish,
the student told
the old monk.
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WHEN IT'S O
When it's o, o, o, o, o,
o, o, o, o, fifty-five
is the average,
the old monk warned.
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Wednesday, June 07, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (495)
IT'S LIKE SEX
It's like sex --
when it does
what it does,
you know it,
the old monk said.
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YOU MAY
You may think
I'm helping you --
you're helping me,
the old monk told
his students.
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LIGHTNING
Lightning
writes in the dark,
as I do,
the old monk said.
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Tuesday, June 06, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (494)
BEING A POET
Being a poet
is a little bit like
playing pinball,
the old monk said.
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WHEN YOU HAIR
When you hair starts on fire
you're getting close to God,
the old monk said.
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IF THAT'S NOT
If that's not singing,
what are they doing,
the student asked
the old monk.
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Monday, June 05, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (493)
ANOTHER BAD DEAL
Another bad deal
won't make you
a wheeler-dealer,
the old monk warned.
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WHEN YOU DIE
When you die, if
you're not ready
for heaven, they
put you in the circus,
the old monk said.
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IF YOU CAN
If you can say
Welcome to the Big Top,
a thousand times and
not get tired of it,
you're hired,
the owner of the circus
told the old monk.
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Sunday, June 04, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (492)
IF GOD
If God is eternal
and the universe is only
thirteen billion
how many times do you
think he's done this,
the old monk asked.
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NOTHING IS
Nothing is
what it is
for long,
despite inertia,
the old monk said.
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ACTUALLY GOD
Actually God
doesn't think about things,
he does them,
the old monk said.
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Saturday, June 03, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (491)
PURGATORY
Purgatory
is when you should
be in heaven
but you're not,
the old monk said.
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THE OLD MONK
The old monk
is the least shy
of them all,
the poet said
about his friend.
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THE UNIVERSE
The universe
is moving
but we don't
know where,
the scientists
told the old monk.
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Friday, June 02, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (490)
SOMETIMES
Sometimes the mountain
answers the thunder,
the old monk said.
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IF I WERE
If I were a carpenter
I'd store my manuscripts
in wooden crates,
the old monk said.
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HE OFTEN
He often talks
to himself
instead to God,
the master said
about the old monk.
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