Military discipline!

When u kiss me
What does it mean

Do I replace someone
Do u even know me

Do I even care
Recklessly I run ahead

I always have

I have trouble with chocolate
And with love

I don't have much whatchamacallit
I must think. . .
Oh yes
Self restraint. . .

Military discipline!

Love and wine

God is love
They say

I have seen it
And I know it to be true

But it makes the moments
We are apart
That much more difficult
And empty

There is no barrier, they say,
Except the ego
Which gets in the way

Ego says it knows the way
It wants to stay
And run the show

It doesn't know
That without it
Is the only way to go
The only way to be free
Is to be free
Of me

There is this wine
Of the mystic sort
The taste is fine
Exquisite
Sweet
Constructed of sweetness
Existing in an eternity
Of its own making

How can the ego say
The wine is no good
Go away

How can the ego say
I have other things to do
Today

This body's getting older
Time is running by
To what will the ego cling
When it is gone? 

Of restraining orders and root canals

Of restraining orders
And root canals

Life is a silly old thing.
We dance all night
We limp the next day
Who can say

He says he loves me
-He says he hates me
Love is better

But it's scary too
There might be some responsibility here
Of which I am not capable or comfortable
With

My tangueros have returned
There is a time to forget
That the world is turning
When we are turning
Together
Then there is only balance,
Closeness and
Bliss

I miss this
When it is not
Here

Waiting to hear
If a root canal is inevitable
I remember how to pray

I gain traction
In the begging and pleading
Department. 

centrifugal force

a particularly uninspired 
     morning 
so many things left 
     undone 

other people seem 
     to have it 
     all together 

I've always wanted 
     to be like them 

but there's this thing 
     called 
     Gravity 

it holds us all together 
     somehow 
it also makes things 
     slip out of my hands 
     and fall to the floor 
     and break 

try as I may 
     to prevent such 
     happenings 

a friend explained it to me... 
     it has to do with 
     centrifugal force 
     and mass 
     and such 

I just know that I need 
     to lose a few pounds of mass 
     and stop 
          dropping things 

No tango :-(

So everyone's closed for Christmas
No tangeros, no tango
Very little magic
Very little "spirit"
     Of the season
What does gift giving and
      Shopping
Have to say
To me

I would much rather
Be
Held in your arms
Interpreting music
     And closeness

I would much rather be
Negotiating
One hundred year old floorboards
Negotiating
What you mean
By that little move
That little turn
     Of your very masculine
Shoulders

Sigh...

the whichness of what

the whichness of what. . . 

one day 
the being- 
had a conference 
with the others- 

all decided 
to halt all 
killing 
and general mayhem 

they knew it would 
take some study 
they knew it would 
not be easy 

so many beings 
were used to such 
a high level 
of violence 

but it was decided 
for now 
and forever 
that 
life 
without violence 
would be 
better 

schools were created 
to study the issue 
papers were written 
and shared 
beings traveled 
everywhere 

to get a consensus 
of opinion 
regarding this 
decision 
to live 
a peaceful 
life 

to give 
unto others 
and to be like 
the magi 
the really, really 
wise ones 

there was 
much opposition 
to this idea- 
rather than live in peace 
many wanted to kill 
the opposition 

opposing what?
well, various things, 
like whose God was greater 
whose monetary system 
was better 
whose way of life 
must dominate 

but the beings persisted 
in the perusal
of peace 

until they arrived 
at the unshakable conclusion 
that it really 
was better 

to all get along 
and to take care 
of the planet 
they all called 
home 

all the animals should 
be provided 
for 

the air should 
remain 
breathable 
and free 
for all 

the water should 
be pure 
and running 
down 
natural 
sweet 
streams 

no being 
should be perpetrating 
violence 
on another 

and they went 
further . . .
inside our heads 
should be 
a no-fly zone 
no flying around of
hatred and self doubt 
no negativity 
allowed 

somehow 

schools were created 
and papers were 
written 
and 
beings traveled 
everywhere 
having conferences 
and conventions 
studying this 
new 
way 
to live 

is this the future 
or has it been 
our past 

when are we 
gonna 
get it ??

Ah Zen . . .

"If you want to climb a mountain,
     start at the top."
(zen saying)

forty minutes 
     to freedom 
to floating 
     in clouds 

I need to remember 
     to stop 
     to sit.
          -still-
It's not that 
     hard 

They talk about 
     biting 
          the iron 
               ball
Yes, it is iron, 
     but who is 
          biting it 
     and why?

"Only don't know"
     just sit -
          just be - 

Allow the background 
     of being 

To follow 
     its own 
          breath 

Ah Zen . . .