June 2001

Midmorning like a deserted room, apparition
Of armoire and table weights,
Oblongs of flat light,
                                      the rosy eyelids of lovers
Raised in their ghostly insurrection,
Decay...

Do nothing and everything will be done,   
that's what Mr. Lao Tzu said, who walked   
around talking 2,500 years ago and   

now his books practically grow on trees   
they're so popular and if he were   
alive today beautiful women would

rush up to...