Mother's Wishes

-1-

Blessed is he who tries to do
what his Mother wants him to

On her knees once she held you
clothed you fed you till you grew


-2-

To be a man through and through
you must respect both old and new

Now you owe her what is due
the foot is in the other shoe


-3-

By your first steps full well you knew
your Mother's wishes went with you

From birth to death you know it's true
she only wants what's best for you


-4-

So blessed is he who tries to do
what his Mother wants him to

And woe betide the ones who choose
their own way for they're bound to lose


-5-

A man may be a Father too
and do just what he wants to do

But blessed is he who tries to do
what his Mother wants him to

Eid Mubarak

They say Ebola is indiscriminate
although Europeans do seem
to have some degree
of immunity

There is no cure
for this virus

There are no treatments for it

In Liberia now at last the people
are starting to bring out
their sick relatives

It is very difficult to eat
to sleep to wake up

She like so many others
is infected isolated

Fighting
an unseen killer

-

While peace is an empty word in Israel
it's business as usual for the rest of us

How can we sleep at night ?

I think we can all go
straight to hell boy

In Gaza war is the only word
they want to hear

A blessed word
full of promise for the future

-

Extreme right-wing
groups taunt the crowds
of anti-war demonstrators

Now there are
no schools left in Gaza

Now there are no children
left alive to go to school

Even now
won't you apologise ?

After the death of so many
innocent civilians ?

No I won't

I'm sorry about that
but I won't apologise

-

Born from the womb of her dead mother
who was killed two days ago
a baby girl survived

But today she died

They buried her next to the body
of the mother she had never known

-

What do we want ?

And when do we want it ?

I'd like a nice bowl
of fart flavoured soup

With a vomit burger
deep fried foetus and placenta

And lashings of ultra violence
with blood piss and shit

That's a Bug

Oh my God - you're so judgemental

That's a bug ! That's a bug !

The Man Who Wasn't There

-1-

As I was walking up the stairs
I met a man who wasn't there

He wasn't there again today
"I wish that man would go away"

-2-

As I was coming down again
I asked him if he'd be my friend

He said, "Why not? Since I'm not here!"
Then I saw him disappear

-3-

Now I see him in the hall
He isn't really there at all

If he isn't there today
I'll ask that man to go away


Adapted from "Antigonish" (1899) by William Hughes Mearns (1875–1965)

My Self Pity

Tathagata Vajrasattva
delights in my self pity

Nothing could delight Him more

Than to revel in the Glory
of my impure mind

Enjoying
through this association

With the darkness of my delusion
and self craving

My despair

My loneliness
and feelings of self pity

All the Secrets of my Heart

-1-

I can walk
I can talk

I can sing
I can dance

Play the game

Take a chance
in the dark

-

I can cook

Read a book
Write a sentence

Take a look
at the trees

And the flowers
in the park


-2-

I can speak
I can listen

If I don't know
what I'm missing

When I stop

Then I'll know
how to start

-

I can think
I can question

To explain
the confusion

I can tell you

All the secrets
of my heart


-CHORUS-

Tomorrow tomorrow
I love you tomorrow

You're always
a day away


-3-

I can run
I can jump

If I get
a little grumpy

I can always try

To tell you
how I feel

-

I can call you
on the phone

And invite you
to my home

For a chat

With some wine
and a meal


-CHORUS-

Tomorrow tomorrow
I love you tomorrow

You're always
a day away


-4-

I can laugh
I can cry

Say hello
and goodbye

See you later
alligator crocodile

-

I can wait
for the moment

I can even keep
my silence

Give the customers
good service with a smile


-5-

I can swim
I can ski

I can skate
on the lake

In the summer

I can take you
to the park

-

I can eat
I can drink

If I don't know
what to think

I can tell you

All the secrets
of my heart


-CHORUS-

Tomorrow tomorrow
I love you tomorrow

You're always
a day away


-6-

I can swim
I can ski

I can skate
on the lake

In the summer

I can take you
to the park

-

I can eat
I can drink

If I don't know
what to think

I can tell you

All the secrets
of my heart

The Eskimo and Inuit

The Eskimo and Inuit
use their intuition

To guess emotions and intentions
of those who inhabit
warmer regions
to the south

Who sometimes come to visit

First they ask do you know how
to build an igloo in the snow

And when you answer yes or no
then can you get into it ???

On Mossy Bank

On mossy bank of gentle stream
lay your body down to dream
of ordered ranks of angels
standing giving thanks
to God and Man

In recognition
that the river
from the streams
where waters gather
flows out to the never never
where the future can't be found

Bullied by Statistics

This person in the future
that we always want to be

He isn't really you
and he isn't really me

If you stop to think about it
then I think you'll see

That this person in the future
may be just a fantasy

-

After all it doesn't really matter
if we never get there

If those we meet along the way
can find their own way home

-

Your future self
isn't really you now is it ?

So do what you're told

Be kind to your future self

Why should I or anyone
be bullied by statistics ?

To Strangers

To strangers
who don't know me
I appear as a ghost

In myself
I am none other
than the primordial union
of common and ultimate perception

But those who know me well
just call me by my name

And heap up
upon that one short
syllable of human sound

A mountain of unjustified abuse
with vicious condemnation fit for Kings
and indeed even such insults that would shame
the lowest creatures of the gutter

While from time to time
I seem to hear
the murmur
of faint
praise

Gaza South Sudan

I woke up around one

I can't believe

I can't believe
today is a good day

-

Back from the future
three days before
the bible ever was

Which means the end
of the beginning

Back before the future
of the first three days

Back from the beginning
of the end of the beginning

Which is starting
when you're lifted
from an early grave

-

No one's gonna
look after me now

No one's gonna
care for my baby mama

-

Climbing up
over the edge

You reach the top
of the hospital fire escape

Fertile barely legal

Now your body's just a number
in another news report

All Roads

All roads lead to all roads
All roads lead to one road

One road leads to all

All roads lead to all roads
All roads lead to every road

Every road leads to every road
Every road leads to all

Satori

I paint with my hands
and I write with my mouth

I spit it out

Syllable by syllable
until you get the point

Until it pokes you in the eye