the dog maidens flight

1. born prone to accidents, the maiden suffers the curse of clumsiness

the dog maiden
turns her dark eyes
away
from the soul mirror
that has fallen
from the white hand

in her garden
the shards lay broken
on the mind stones
reflecting liquid sky

the maiden bends
to salvage
the sky shards

the devil dog
in the mirror
bites her...
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the madonna's sorrowful mysteries

1. the madonna's day trip

that morning
she rented a beauty car

the day bright
her time pure

the city of trash
sparkled
like a black diamond

on the highway
of roses
she felt like a
thousand blue flames

until a herd of tarantulas
blocked her way

when she tried the brakes
a serpent coiled around her feet

spinning in death...
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summer 08

1. the madonna's day trip

that morning
she rented a beauty car

bright day
on pure time

the city of trash
sparkled
like a black diamond

on the highway
of roses
she felt like a
thousand blue flames

until a herd of tarantulas
blocked her way

when she tried the brakes
a serpent coiled around her feet

spinning in death flowers
wilting on...
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if you die
in your sleep

instead of waking
up at some exciting
or horrifying juncture

a dream will continue
to a resolution
of pleasure or grief

or become more unresolved,
frustrating, or terrifying

that's what Hamlet said

Novalis said, "Our life is no dream
but it should and perhaps will
become one."

your father storms
into your bedroom

he upends
your bed and throws...
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an underground train stops too long between stations
the conversation rises and slowly fades into silence
you see behind every face the mental emptiness deepen
leaving only the growing terror of nothing to think about

t s eliot

my last years emptiness was not empty enough
my emptiness this year is empty indeed

Kyogen


were so pretty oh so pretty vacant

the sex pistols



peace, peace, Mercutio, peace!
thou talk'st of nothing

shakespeare

an endless cycle of possibilites clashing in
Nothing
with each mistake in the writing inevitable from
the beginning of time

allen ginsberg

the second noble truth

desire enhances suffering

my perfect one

my dream come true
my fantasy in the flesh
always loved
always longed for
i have lived only for this moment

guiding light
sole purpose of my existance
now that i have found you
if i do not attain you
my life is surely a pointless waste

this pleasure
is nirvana
the highest
most beautiful...
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the first noble truth

the essence of life is suffering

western civilization
having some problems
with the first
of the noble truths

disconnected
from everything
suffering as essence
maybe never connected

because of dualistic style
the essence lost

simple instinct equations like
pleasure is good and pain is evil
become theological citadels
where there is no perspective

a primitive condition of mind

dharma breaks it...
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driving the darkest longest road

a vacuum
the void
nowhere nothing
to see or cling to

voice on the radio talking
current global
emotional and mental condition of humanity
the nature of human suffering
illusion and reality
fear and desire

a cool debate about who should live
who should die
who will judge and decide
who will execute the decision
who will dig the graves...
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