Begin Anew

knowing that

eternity is just

a blink of the eye

then what is after eternity

but a new beginning

want to see it?

Wisdom

it is wise to be unwise

a wise man told me that

it is wise not to trust

a machine I trust told me that

it is wise

to be,

and to be

is wise

but no one is wise

To Do

Reluctant to do the work that needs done

because it doesn't really need done

it just needs done in the world of the to-do list

that we all create for ourselves out of misery.

Siberia not Siberia

It's the haunted Polish image

thousands, maybe millions

driven by the bad guys to Siberia

Siberia is a place, defined clearly enough

and many Poles - and other ethnic groups -

have indeed been deported there

But in the Polish mind

Siberia is a hellish entity

the place where innocents go

driven by the bad guys

except in hell you burn

and in Siberia you freeze

Siberia - that Siberia -

includes Kazakhstan, Archangel Oblast

and anywhere else they dumped Poles

So next time your small talk

drifts like snow to Siberia

do discuss which Siberia you refer to

you wouldn't want to get it wrong

would you?

Old Men

a bunch of old men

thinking old men thoughts

about death and misery and physical pain

and mental anxiety about death

with a capital D

living to complain about living

happy in their woes

they take succour in life's sadness

and grieve for what they have lost in life

rather than what is still available to them.

Fly Fly

there's a fly in the room

I open the door and let it out.

the house

even the room

is so big in relation to the fly

it might as well have been the whole planet

but the fly is not yet outside

and outside is where the fly belongs

so I gently push and guide it

till it flies out a window

and returns to the wider world.

I hope he is happier there than here.

Mystery Song

they sing the songs of my younger days

they still absorb my soul

but only for the moment there

not deeper, not quite whole.

what is whole is mystery

what are we is vast

there's nothing more than everything

and everything is past

everything is emptiness itself.