Sunday, October 30, 2022
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (91)
ONLY WHEN I AM
Only when I am out of my body
am I totally within myself,
the old monk said.
This is the mystic's mystery.
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IT'S NOT
It's not critiquing
to just say stop,
the old monk said.
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YOU COULD REPORT
You could report
on your own funeral,
the old monk told
the Pulitzer Prize winner.
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IF YOU WRITE BIGGER
If you write bigger,
do you think they will listen,
the old monk asked the poet.
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IT TURNS
It turns
when it turns
if it turns,
the old monk said.
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THE FRIEND WHO LAUGHS
The friend who laughs
is the best friend,
the old monk said.
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WHAT YOU WANT
What you want
is always on
back order --
that's just how
it is,
the old monk said.
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TO UNDERSTAND MOTIVATION
To understand motivation
ask why did the chicken
not cross the road,
the old monk said.
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THE ONLY THING
The only thing
I have to sell you
are homely poems,
the old monk said.
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HE HAS TO
He has to
break something
and fix it,
the old monk.
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