So comes snow after fire
Even dragons have their end
Suffering is caused by desire
Fairy folk my friend

Snowfall shunyata
The Buddha in Kamakura
Shiva does his dance
The devas and the asuras

Honeymoon in France
Jazz in New Orleans
We read the Giver in Taipei
I give Tolkien to the tweens

I wish to live in libraries
Silent, meditative
Don't remember much Latin
But I know one case is dative

Little Italy in Boston
Vegetarian lasagna tonight alone
Friar Thomas D'aquino
All roads lead to Rome

               Ave Maria...