water music

sitting near water
black and white
butterfly
torquoise wings
small yellow flowers
dance in wind

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water music medicine
small brook
yellow flowers
butterfly for company
this is enough

heat particles

to 5,000 degrees
F
to know their precise
location

below this
temperature
they become invisable

old boots

25 year old heavy duty
swiss scarred
industrial strength!

across Oregon coastal
passageways
down deep

Manitou Great Spirit Lake washes
Kuwaiti sand

exploring Druk Yul monasteries
Eagle Nest elevations

Queensland rainforest among Angioptis fern
blooms fresh dinosaur realms

tramping Bali rice paddies
fishing temple rivers

wearing out Forbidden City stones
Jade Temple chants drum dream

Bless stone
Hokkaido lions
guarding 1000 cranes

Xian warriors excavated
on long marches

Tarim Basim
oil
workers
along Silk Road
mysteries
flow
south to

Lhasa Barkhor pilgrimmage
Sera, Drepung, Johkang,

meditation caves
Ganden destruction
shells at 12,000 feet

Kunming Green Lake
stone bridge
above narrow Tiger Gorge rushing

dancing on Lijiang cobblestones

Naxi musicians play

below Snow Mountain Dragon Range

Camellia garden tree
in monastery courtyard

flourishes every spring for 2000 years!

high southwest winter desert
sun floods
wild horses under falling stars
late summer Denver rain brings snow substance

grazalema
andalucia sierras
climbing back in time

26,0000 year old paleolithic caves

art music dancing
reporting back
to the tribe
becoming

well oiled again old friend
clearly

chinese autumn festival

ah, autumn moon rises
orange as
freshman lovers scramble
hearts inside darkness
+
autumn moon
dances with black sky
through night
+
moon, autumn's light
cakes, family, friends
laughing down below
+
wow! look at the autumn moon
rising orange,
black mountain
hides it's intention,
riding black sky
it turns white

kuwait, fall 1986 - shortwave reception

another clear bright sunny day
high temperatures in the low 100s
low humidity, calm sea
wind from the southeast

shelling of Iraq and Iran continues
artillery rattles widows
quiet Friday streets
workers have a day off

children in their pajamas play chess on roof
goldfish swim in fresh water, clear round bowl
coffee boils in silver container

this is a perfect world

a perceptible fragment hangs
from the edge of our consciousness
chanting

Tibetan prayer flags
flutter at 13,467 feet
climbing their worn fibers
toward vultures eating human remains
decomposing into their softness
digested physical sensations
stillness

Polish prisoners to be released
while Norwegian demonstrators
and meteors collide with thought control
authorities in Oslo monsoon winter climate

silent vigils, economic editors
ticker tape watchers
parades before hijackers dismantle
unknown security apparatus
lies and propaganda

bionic beheaded barefoot
homo sapian wavering as a butterfly

fluttering, falling, flying
through the mystery
becoming one with light

intense connection and interaction
impermanence
sensation
designed to sharpen focus
concentration allows centering of chi

this phenomenon, quite remarkable this purity