Plan

So this morning
I was sitting
outside
and I thought
up a plan
to drive downtown
and sit in the park,
but then
one thing came up
to delay it
and then
another thing came up
to delay it
and then
my hanging plant
fell down
so I had to go get
a new hanger
so after I got home
it was too hot
to go downtown
and I was exhausted
so my plan fizzled
like many of them

seem to do.

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Sod Zop

The Doomsaying Experts

When I was in junior high school,
some teachers told me
and the others in my class
that over-population
was such a problem
that by the time
of the year 2000
we would be packed in
like sardines
with about a foot
of space
for all of us,
and this scared me
and the others in my class,
so then when the year 2000
rolled around,
I remembered the expert teachers
and decided then
that the doom-saying experts
are full of shit
most of the time,
because in life
most of the time

nothing really happens.

Taking Drugs

I don't take
any of
what you would call
street drugs,
but I bought
a bottle
of vitality pills
from the store
that sells vitamins,
so I thought
that I would do drugs
this morning,
and I took one,
and nothing seemed
to happen,
but now I'm awake
and alive,
so I guess

that's vitality.

The New Mental Illness

I've got a case
of the new mental illness
which is cyber paranoia
and hacker phobia
and these diseases
are caused by this mystery
of the computer technology
that keeps shit covered up
in some kind of secrecy
and it is the problem
for the twenty first century
schizoid men and women
who find that they can't do without
this virtual world
and we don't know
who it is
who is watching
whether it is
the government
making a case against us
or the police
who are suspicious of us
or criminals
who are trying to rip us off
or terrorists
who are trying to kill everybody
or some kid

or even the poetry police.

To Love Or Hate Life

Lately,
I have been practicing
an interesting psychological exercise
wherein I say to myself,
"Even though life
sometimes seems
unlovable,
love it!",
so in the old days
of my life,
I thought
that life was boring
and then it would get worse
and then the shit
would really come down
and it would become
unlivable,
so I sort of
hated life,
and it wasn't until
I got to the Zen temple
and worked on myself
that life got better
and I began to love
all life,
and I found
that if you love all life,

it loves you.

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Riz Light

Zen And Healing

Buddha reminds us
that we will experience
sickness in this life
and that we will
die in this life,
so my thoughts
about Zen and healing
are that Zen won't heal
anything
and won't prevent us
from dying,
so since I have mental illness,
it won't be cured
by any amount of Zen,
what I will get
is the life
of a mentally ill Zen Buddhist,
but as I also know
or seem to know
is that Zen will help,

it just doesn't really save.

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Built Not