W/ the sullen word @ my back &
the murk of civilization, carparts, skateboarders spitting on sidewalks,
tongue restricted to animal gestures
of eating never mind
Priapus or Shango their urge pushed into a deep recess
& unwatered for 12 days
hands tied cravings
manifest as itches
& sensations whose very act of scratching would not be
courteous or prudent given the philosophy of anicca & eradicating sankaras..
W/ a projection harsh & unlawful a
tongue restricted to animal gestures
cut from the book of a Monk or nun
out of a normal realm of sense
& react
hands tied
like meat bound by
metal cuffs only to speed the plow.
W/ forty acres of green (firs, violets, a dow & two fawn) & forty yrs of
rage
stuffed into a deep recess of the mind only to manifest
in pain, itching, palpitations, a tight
jawbone grinding @ night
& a throbbing in the
thigh that lasts on & off for four days.
W/ tendencies
hardened or honed to the survival techniques of a battered five yr old
joints ache until the mind says they don't have to.
W/ something oddly familiar or natural
opened in the puzzle of childhood, of parent-choosing,
hands
touching each other in a survival mudra consisting only of
air
&
more
air like a meditation teacher's mind games
like the luna nueva obscured by
smoke
from Oregon forests burning &
dreams of meat & Doctor Sonny Rollins lying in a pool of uncontrollable drool.
6:44AM - 8.14.02 - Starter phrase from pg 547 Reversible Monuments