when zen is after you, you can run but you can´t hide

i tease them back

and say it was only when i hit fifty

that i started to ripen

but zen feels that way

the consequences of these failings can be drastic

when your life is in a hole -

stop digging !

in a church to bare it, and in a temple to take off my shoes

can god really be so interested in my head and feet ?

or does this sound like someone who should get out more ?

why would people rather have a phoney spirituality full of plaster saints and so-called miracles than the real thing

it’s like getting rid of aunt mildred’s chintzy furniture and getting some shaker chairs instead

afterward we’ll all help buddha do the dishes

no way in

no way out

no way around

over

or under

where do you go now ?

grasping zen

is harder than braiding live eels

in a bucket

build your tower

construct it lovingly inch by inch

until when it is tall enough

lightning strikes

wheeeeee

fireworks