The Middlewesterner

THREE OLD MONK POEMS (353)

YOU DON'T WANT

You don't want to be a worry-wart

but don't fall asleep either,

the old monk told his student.

YOU WANT TO LIVE

You want to live

in that place between

going up the mountain

and coming down,

the old monk says.

I GUESS I'M HALF-

I guess I'm half-convinced

that if I think about

the edge of the universe

will think about me,

the old monk admitted.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 8:09 AM