Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Hippie Experience And The Zen Experience

When I was young,
I was a hippie
who believed
in love, peace and happiness,
and I had
a little altar
with candles
and incense
and I would meditate
and contemplate
and chant
made-up things,
so later
I got into Zen
and now
I have
a bunch of altars
with candles
and incense
and I meditate
and contemplate
and chant
learned chants
and made-up things,
and I believe
in love, peace and happiness,
but the difference is
that I was stoned
in the old days
and I'm wholesome,
sort of,
now.

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