Sunday, October 31, 2021

TEN OLD MONK POEMS (39) 


I WOULD BE

I will be
your jester

if you think
you are a king,

the old monk said.

~

WHEN YOU REACH

When you reach
the end

of the universe,
you don't,

the old monk said.

~

THE EARTH HAS

The earth has more
surface than edge,

the old monk said,
fortunate for us.

~

JUST WHEN

Just when you think
it's heaven,

you taste the bad coffee,
the old monk said.

~

MEMORY

Memory --
it isn't

what it was
when it was,

the old monk said.

~

THE EDGE

The edge of the world
is in your fingertips,
the old monk said.

~

IT FOLLOWS

It follows
from the stars

we are
who we are,

the old monk said.
I mean --

literally --
the stars made us.

~

YOU DO IT

You do it
by doing it

again and
again,

the old monk said.

~

THE PAIN

The pain
comes to you

because it has
nowhere

else to go,
the old monk says.

~

THIS MOUNTAIN

This mountain or
any other --

holiness
doesn't care where,

the old monk said.

~



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