This moment
has a car
driving by
and all
of the little clicking
and humming
with a jet
in the sky
as the wind softly dies down
and a bird calls
to the air.

Buddha discovered
the absolute equality
of everything
but us lesser beings
need the brilliance
of descriminating
among the many millions
in order to uncover
what is right
for us
like this stone
around my neck
which I found out about.

This morning
I wrote some music
which sounded
something like
my mood -
happy-crazy,
so that cheered me up
then I put it away!

This morning, at night,
the mind was ranting
about how I was lousy
at art and such a loser,
so I said that I
am not interested
in success,
I only want
to do.
The mind then shut up
and I got busy.
Keep in mind
that the mind is tricky
and hard to understand,
since it is Buddha.

I am leaving you
this message
on the humming, glowing machine
which says,
"I didn't have the best
of days, today,
but they all have
something good
about them, don't they?
I'll be hearing
from you soon,
maybe?"

This morning
which is night
to most people
I felt tired
of doing
the same old thing
so I made a change
and here I am.

I once asked
a river
by my house
to help me
quit smoking.
I'm still smoking.