The Middlewesterner

THREE OLD MONK POEMS (411)

ANY MOUNTAIN

Any mountain

is your mountain

if you choose it

and it does not

kill you,

the old monk said.

ONE SAYS

One says how much

can you do before sleep

and one says how much

sleep can you do --

surprisingly,

they're still together,

the old monk said.

FAILURE

Failure

is another way

of getting taken

home by the cops,

the old monk said.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 9:32 AM