Sunday, October 24, 2021
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (38)
WRITE IT FAST
Write it fast,
the first draft,
and make up
the rest of it
later on,
the old monk told
the novelist.
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SOFT AS
Soft as the fur
on a cat's ear,
the light this morning,
the old monk said.
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EVERYTHING I PROMISE
Everything I promise
you already have,
they old monk told
his promising students.
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SOME CAN READ
Some can read
the blue code
in the green trees,
the old monk said.
Some cannot.
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SOMETIMES / THE ONE
Sometimes
the one thing
you say is
the only
thing you can,
the old monk said.
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IF GOD WANTED
If God wanted you to nap,
why did he send us,
the Jehovah Witnesses asked
at the old monk's door.
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SOMETIMES IT'S NOT
Sometimes it's not funny
and still you just have to laugh,
the old monk said.
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WHAT DO YOU
What Do You Do
With a Drunken Sailor --
it's the only song they know
and they sing it all night,
the old monk said.
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LISTEN TO
Listen to the voices --
one of them will be
a damsel in distress
waiting to be rescued,
the old monk says.
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IF IT COULD
If it could
be one line
it would be,
the old monk said.
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