Sunday, October 31, 2021
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (39)
I WOULD BE
I will be
your jester
if you think
you are a king,
the old monk said.
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WHEN YOU REACH
When you reach
the end
of the universe,
you don't,
the old monk said.
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THE EARTH HAS
The earth has more
surface than edge,
the old monk said,
fortunate for us.
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JUST WHEN
Just when you think
it's heaven,
you taste the bad coffee,
the old monk said.
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MEMORY
Memory --
it isn't
what it was
when it was,
the old monk said.
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THE EDGE
The edge of the world
is in your fingertips,
the old monk said.
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IT FOLLOWS
It follows
from the stars
we are
who we are,
the old monk said.
I mean --
literally --
the stars made us.
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YOU DO IT
You do it
by doing it
again and
again,
the old monk said.
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THE PAIN
The pain
comes to you
because it has
nowhere
else to go,
the old monk says.
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THIS MOUNTAIN
This mountain or
any other --
holiness
doesn't care where,
the old monk said.
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