organic food

man reads news:

Article 1. organic food more healthy than ordinary food.
Article 2. organic food not more healthy than ordinary food.

man goes for walk, says,
what's "ordinary" food?

(ji bo, 2009)

...........

what is yuuyaraq?
very important question.

(ji bo, 2009)

.........

baby emerges
from soul's dark
tunnel,
enters world
with a "whap!"

baby screams,
breathes.
why does baby say, "waaagh"
instead of "hello" -
language barrier?

baby sees mother's breast;
no further questions.
baby is tickled,
laughs.

baby needs no books,
workshops, self-help DVDs,
preacher, owner's manual -

no remote control.

(ji bo, 2009)

............

you are what you eat
you eat what you are

you breathe the Universe
the Universe breathes you

you think your own thoughts
your own thoughts think you

inside every cell
of your body
is
a
bear.

(galax, 2009)

poetry not historic
history not poetic.

Stone Age
not about stones
Modern Age
not about modern.

data not information
information not data.

old proverb:
to leave no trail
don't step in shit.

(ji bo, 2009)

..........

"water on rock
stops the clock!"

[chant 3 times to return to reality]

.................

climb mountain
at top, drink water;
look in all directions:
more mountains.

(neckbone, 2009)

................

no tango,
no dango.

(miss lizzie, 2009)

............

old McDonald had a farm

scientific data entry.....

hunter/gathers: tribe

spare time
organic food
egalitarian
anarchist
rich mythology
at home in Nature
zero psychiatrists.

modern Homo erectus asphaltus: nation states

low on spare time
junk food
hierarchical
gargantuan bureaucracy
historical "record"
lost in Nature
therapy ubiquitous.

next?

(ji bo, 2009)

Thoreau

“It is not worth the while to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.” “It is not worth the while to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.” H. D. Thoreau

gone fishin'

(miss lizzie, july 17, 2009)

best Universal
health care -
stay healthy.

(ji bo, 2009)

.............

faze-book

de-activate yourself
if
you can.

(ji bo, 2009)

...........

tweet tweet

woman walks down sidewalk
eyes glued to small black box,
sending text to friends
she's never met.

no street noise
no bird chirps
no cloud formations
one font after another.

woman steps into open manhole
disappears underground
into stream of human waste

keeps texting......


(ji bo, 2009)

..............

sonic youth

did Buddha
like
rock music?

(ji bo, 2009)

...........


reading entry for Su Shi,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
click link for "poems"

"find a dentist you'll love -
live-help 24/7"


...........

I
am
a
frequency.

one of many
many of one.

what's for lunch?

(jo bo, 2009)

...............

ink party

man tells pen,
"write your own poem!"
pen begins automatic writing,
no control.
ink party.

(ji bo, 2009)

G-8

world leaders meet,
important table talk;
end of day
nothing
but hot air.

........

social networking-
big on network,
about as social as talking
to a stuffed museum animal.

..........

man notices
own breath,
first time
all day.
surprise!

(ji bo, 2009)

...........

the past -

one
crazy
cartoon.



..............

insect attack at dusk

soil - garden veritas
onion - tart tongue snap
bird - wing disposition
dusk - dangerous tide reversal
mosquito - mob implosion.

(neckbone, 1998)

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man looks at clock, snaps fingers.
clock says, "looking for the time?"
man says, "i already know what time it is."
clock ticks, says, "what time do you think it is?"
man snaps fingers, says, "one tick away from eternity."
clock explodes into one trillion sub-particles.
man snaps fingers, says, "no time like the present!"

(ji bo, 2009)

.............

memory -

headlight beams
on a midnight
road.

............

turn on computer;
surf to CNN News:
100 stories about world.

turn off computer;
CNN News disappears.

best to let world
tell its own stories.

(ji bo, 2009)

.............

pop pop!

4th
of July.

............

if thoughts
are karma,
this poem
had no
choice.

............

breaking news

conference of scientists
announce major discovery -

ants rule the world!

(ji bo, 2009)

..............

4th of July

catch the Red Eye Special
end up where it began -
not two, not one
with liberty
and just this
for all.

(neckbone, 2009)

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walk path to Kehoe:
purple grass
blue heron
lupine
vultures
hawk;
sheer cliff/ocean breakers
kelp piles
fly swarm.

tide upswing
rides solstice loop;
longest day of year
2009 -
things on schedule
cycling through.

(neckbone, Pt. Reyes Na. Seashore, 2009)

The Cause of Mass Extinction

too much
furniture.

(ji bo, 2009)

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old proverb

when the pendulum
swings,
duck.

...........

The mistakes that litter our pasts, like shards of
prehistoric pottery, are fractals of the subconscious
mind. Frustrations are best understood as self-failure.
A life well lived understands this.

Dr. Emile Donneraux

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Huang Po's Hat/Grand Canyon Blues

enlightenment -
an inch away,
a millimeter,
a hair.

might as well
be the Grand
Canyon.

(neckbone, 1998)
............

famous quotes by madmen

and other holy fools...

1.
you can never trust
a hole
in the sky.

2.
ponder nothing.

3.
if it ain't broke, break it!

4.
a bird in hand
ain't half as good
as 2 in the skillet.

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