Propheteering
Trickster Wiley Coyote
From the bar association
Rivals great Ozymandias
For the hourglass sands of immemorial
To sift like silt through the Yangtze
While a British merchant colonist in Shanghai
Looking dapper in his colonel’s uniform with walking cane
Glimpses through his monocle
The misty mysticism of unfocused Tathagata
To appear on some wild sea horizon
Like the Sea of Japan
Where the Roshi speaks softly but carries stick
Like a lucky strike cigarette
For sleepy blue Zen monks to awaken
To breathe from the hara
While on the brink of Einsteins theory of relativity
In which all the universe is one samadhi
Reborn to live and die
Like the Phoenix Bird from the ashes
Of peyote smoked with tobacco
In the peace pipe for a vision quest
When time stands on its toe shoes
To glimpse the promised land
While Moses stays within the chalked lines
Of his prison for white collar prophets
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I like how you bring all the religious patriarchs into this piece.
Thanks so much Fia, much appreciated. Been grooving to Kerouac’s poetry and got inspired. Glad you liked the result, my friend.
John
Super clever poem John. Intelligent and well executed.
Thank you so much Visions. I have been tripping on Kerouac’s poetry. Glad you liked my poem, my friend.
John
Brilliantly penned, John. This write has a lot of depth, a fantastic read my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Gracias mi amigo. Very much appreciate your read and taking in my poem. Thank you so very much.
John