hitting on last nights wine
she puts her book down
what is she reading?
the tao of pooh-(an eighties
christmas-stocking-filler-
do you remember..)
the way, according to pooh bear..
tigger and eeyore
owl, piglet etc..
she says,
one disease long life
no disease short life-
ancient chinese medicinal saying
those who recognise their limitation
better off..
for example,
when the storm blew and a tree
branch trapped them in owls house
it was piglet who climbed through the
letter box and saved the day..
use what you´ve got..
ii
the trouble with tigger is he thinks
he knows everything but he is a
bouncing half wit-
someone at the door-
owl is the scientist who knows nothing
and pooh is charming..
she has a letter
who did nt love roo-?
and together they question
innocent questions
unanswerable and deeply philosophic
full of love and wonder..
-it´s from crow-have gone
out of order-we must have order
what does he say..