Be equanimous in times of joy and sorrow, praise and dishonour, and do not falter even in the face of extreme adversity.

An elephant cries when it is stung by a tiny bee.

No more fortuitousity happenstance
The white flag is waved
Like giving up on the highway
I can taste your cool porcelain

Following the rules
in splendid form,
social mores galore
clarifying the way.
No more spillages
I know where I'm coming from,
down the mountain
breathing and tasting.

Only the thorns kept
with petals drily withered
a scarlet white rose
counting the beads of Mary
one day or so long ago.

has phosphorous
powerful food of the sea
rich in zinc, sea moss

Of things not much
of hate a little
of love, I know
in its plural only
a magnificent gift.

feets, are the foundation
of our uprightedness,
knees, are for the leanings
in advance of our fall.
hips, are for the twisting-
and swivelling of it all.
necks, keep our head up
in back stroke, or the crawl.


Obi.

I wanna scoop your marrow
wanna peel your teeth,
Wanna feel you laying
bare beneath.

I wanna savour your sweet
****-u-lant meat,
I wanna fillet your soul

make the - We,

complete.

Obi.