February 2025
The vastness of eternal space
stretching out in all directions
The universe is my home
And the sun is my heart
Calmness emancipates
the body from the mind
and mind from soul
and soul from all limitations.
I am nothing made from nothing.
A dream in the cosmic-dream.
There is only the Dreamer.
15 minutes at Riverside
A wine bottle in my bag
splits open the teachings of
Lord Kapila
on my way home on the subway
from 15 minutes at Riverside
Gave $10 to a guy
who pointed me downstairs
I said, Okay
But stayed on the platform
Did I come all this way
just to walk down Delancey
and mingle with 20-something
year old photographers
and hardly say a word?
(again)
$10 for the doorman
And 10 more for wine
And probably 10 lost to transit
Just to stand around out of place
And never gift the wine I
was too nervous to give her
for congratulations
I'll probably drink it tonight
to help me wake up early-
I'm glad I missed the party
I much prefer it this way.