the past just called
to say -
hello.

....

study Tao Te Ching
study Diamond Sutra
study Bhagavad Gita
study Lost Parables of Jesus
study Analects of Confucius
study Farmer's Almanac
study Huckleberry Finn
study Oxford English Dictionary
study Tales of Nasrudin
study 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

look through window
see tree
bird
grass
frog
snail
moss
mushroom
spiral nebula
dark matter
infinity.

close book
walk outside.

(ji bo, 2009)

....

even zen masters
get
the blues.

....

fame -
having your poems
read a thousand years
from now.

....

full moon
eclipsed
my shadow.

....

NASA
announces new discovery
in distant galaxy:
"This week only
BIG discount
at Andromeda Wal-Mart.

Hurry - while supplies last!"

(ji bo, 2009)

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