Poetry Chaikhana Forum

[Myamberdog]

Attacked by
a 7 a.m. smile, the pamphlet drew
swift blood with the words,

KNOW YOUR FUTURE!

No sooner mobbed by proofs and prayers
and surrounded by receives and repents,
the biblical tommie gun of shoulds
and should nots burst
out of hiding and
opened fire

With some awkward excuse for a shield,
I turned and fled the smoke
back to the present,
his Christian mask
retreating into the bright morning
smile still unsheathed
pointed at me,
sharp as ever

I looked at the dogs - so
blessed at knowing when to turn noses
and lock teeth when rotten things
land on good china

never feeding on anything trailing strings

and handing a look of disbelief
to human speech that
doesn’t decode
into food
or play
or love . . .

[annaruiz]

O, Woofie. Such a wonderful poem! You hit every nerve!

The last lines remind me of Eat, Pray & Love a wonderful book by Elizabeth Gilbert. Tis the story of a woman on a pilgrimage in Italy, India & Indonesia.

http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/eatpraylove.htm

Jack Kornfield and Anne Lamont wrote reviews. 2010 movie.


I highly recommend it.

[Michael Firewalker]

oh amberhoney, I shorely do wish I could give you a huge fat kiss for this one!

especially for this Pulitzer line: "never feeding on anything trailing strings"...

and also ..."his christian mask"...ANOTHER beauty...

they've all got 'em, don't they?...

all of them religious clubs and cliques...

it don't really matter which one...take your pick...close your eyes and point...

if it's a religion, and it's yours, it's got you wearin' a mask...

they're all about pretendin'...



BIG hugs,
mikey