Man's Existence

Man's existence

is God's experience

True Certainty

To discover the nature of unity

one must study conflict & discord;

to find certainty in life

one must first disarm oneself with doubt.

Haiku

Rambling crowd / it rained so hard
But colors / pink / green / grey.

1979

I make my songs

I make my songs
As dry as old bones
Brittle / like dried-up stalks of corn
Dead leaves that crumble in
The palm.

1979.

I COME HERE OFTEN

I come here often

to lie in the road and dream.

Of a day of dreams.

Dreams that
Ripen on the trees like peaches at the harvest.

Where is this

That we go to dream?

Anymore I wonder why I still come.
I’ve grown tired of dreams.

What have I grown tired of?

All these lies that
Lie here. My dinner for too many years.

I’ve had my last bite. I wouldn’t
let a dog touch these scraps.

You’ve never been there.

Been where? I’ve been.

You’ve been there? Where is it?

The dream.

What dream is it?

The dream it is.
There’s the dream, the one
Sweet essential dream.

I’ve seen the dream. A heaven
Of a dream. I’ve seen all the dreams now.
There aren’t any new ones left.

1981.

change; changes.

one person stamping

their feet

doesn't mean that two people

are arguing

desire is the ladder of the self

they whisper it,

they suffer;

they shout it,

they die!