a second pot

A second pot
two stops
F- or sign
language or image
word and deed
of trust of doubt
shadows and
reflection
mirrors and
waiting
for a sign
stop and go
traffic of the mind
counting mala
like minutes
like ours
are not hours to give
only borrowed time.

Caffeinated samadhi
midmorning malaise
qu'est-ce que tu fais today?
(rien, rien, rien)
I wait I wait I wait
who will carry it?
"Her Majesty" and Paul
and Peter and Kava
double entendre and
single and rack focus
mixed metaphors and
similes: 'like' 'as'
long as it takes
to write
one good line:

"There's nothing as good as a museum,
a Verdi opera or a stiff-neck poet to hold back progress."
- Charles Bukowski