Sunday, January 09, 2022

TEN OLD MONK POEMS (49) 


ONCE YOU'VE ACHIEVED

Once you've achieved
feather status
you do not fall
off the mountain,
the old monk said.

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YOU WHO DO NOT

You who do not
master the spirits

will be possessed
by them, an outcome

not to be desired,
the old monk said.

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IF YOU LOVE IT

If you love it, love it,
but expect to get caught,
the old monk says.

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HE DON'T KNOW

We don't know
who he is --
he comes around
and preaches,
they said about
the old monk.

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IF THE OLD MONK

If the old monk
had a girlfriend
you'd never know it.

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WHY MAKE ALL THESE

Why make all these
deals with God when
you don't know that
he'll keep them,
the old monk asked.
Don't you have
another choice?

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WHEN THE CRICKETS

When the crickets come out,
let the drinking begin,
the old monk said.

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I CAN'T BELIEVE

I can't believe
what I won't tell you,
the old monk said.

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LEAVE THE DEVIL'S WORK

Leave the devil's work
to the devil,
unless you can't,
the old monk said.

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WHEN THE UNIVERSE

When the universe
stops there'll be
a mighty silence,
the old monk said.

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