Sunday, February 06, 2022

TEN OLD MONK POEMS (53) 



IF YOU WANT TO

If you want to
move here from there

it always goes faster when
you move there from here,

the old monk said.

~

SO HE CAN

So he can
keep up, the old

monk wants
an old and

tired mule.
Sally will do.

~

IF YOU GET OUT THERE

If you get out there
past the front edge
of the universe,

it might get scary,
the old monk warned.

~

THE UNIVERSE

The universe
came up from

the bottom and goes
out all the way

to the edge
and can't come back,

the old monk said.
This is your

advanced cosmology
I'm talking about.

~

IT'S THE CALL-BUTTON

It's the call-button
for the nurse

or the tail
of the tiger,

the old monk said.
I don't know which.

~

IF GOD

If God has taken
more than seven days

to make the universe,
imagine how much

more interesting
it could be,

the old monk said.
I mean, God has

other tricks.

~

ALL THE GRASSES

All the grasses
love the mountain,
the old monk says.

All the stone.
All the sky.

~

I'D DRAW YOU

I'd draw you a map,
the old monk said,

but it might not help
you find your way.

~

HOW CAN WE TELL

How can we tell
the old monk from

any grumpy old man
on the mountain,

they asked the master
before they left.

~

IF SOMEONE

If someone makes you
a cheap offer, ask them
what they honor,
the old monk said.

~


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