Arose

En this post-modern age Of the Iron Clockwork Of the social, political charade Of the heart coarsen’d by hate The contraction of man’s most degenerate impulse Is a grievous, involuntary response Post-modern man, He works so hard 2 be a destroyer of all-things That happen 2 reside outside his experience, Beyond the reach of his […]

BuddhaPrayer Nr.2

Awakened One Perfect One Radiant One We are all doing what we think we ought 2 and We are all losing ground (losing faith) Tho’ we hold the mala Tho’ we recite the hallowed refrains Until their syllables, en our throats, quake [Aside.] Whatever it takes, mama / Whatever it takes 4 Nag 2 enflate […]

New Atlantis / Darkness

New Atlantis En this Age of Degeneration En this Age of Iron New Atlantis burns And its citizenry is under siege By vandals who have sworn 2 their liege, Stables and ramparts Of stained glass and carbon steel shall fall! New Atlantis burns And its barrister kings, Content w/ excessive posturing Content w/ feeding souls […]

Still Point

“God is an intelligible sphere, whose center is everywhere, and whose circumference is nowhere.” Mindful that God is an idea, a metaphor whose reference is The Transcendent; namely, that mystery which lies beyond ALL opposites and categories of thought, one considers the often parroted and reconstructed statement above and arrives at a remarkable conclusion. To […]

Prodigal

It is an olde tale often told That is still good Ev’rything broken Ev’rything lost A prodigal son of Isis Washes ashore en the City of Light {One-Beat Pause} Gazing upon his form (en a mirror of spotless glass), An anointed, tho’ terribly flaw’d, maker of bridges Shrugs his shoulders, “The wings feel a lot […]

BuddhaPrayer

Honorable Prince Siddhārtha, With all due respect, Eye am thirsty! A dreamer of dayes Whose dance card is most insatiable, Eye am still hungry [Call Aside.] More bread 4 the Belly! More anguish 4 the Heart! Eye’m still dreaming {A Flash Of Lightning} Eye’m still dancing {A Clap Of Thunder} [Call Aside.] More wax 4 […]

Bhumisparsha

Lust & Dread Have failed to prosper (Scarring, my dearest, Does wonders for the Soul) Snakes & Arrows Challenge bravely the meter of my heart A note unstruck! Their wickedness & weaponry fall powerless at my feet Pink lotus petals abound! {One-Beat Pause} Burning orchards, Crumbling stone; Here lies Banaras en ruin; But eye shall […]