Here are a few poems from the sequence 10,000
Bodhisattvas.
A STOVETOP
BODHISATTVA
aluminum-shiny,
watery-
plump, it
holds
its breath
till it
shrieks for
joy!
NEW-MOON
BODHISATTVA
belly gonna
grow
belly gonna
go
MALL-RAT
BODHISATTVA
looks in
mirror-windows,
sheets of
chrome--
parinirvana day sale!
desire: 10% off!!
attachment: everything must go!!!
laughs
enough
to split a
gut
BODHISATTVA
IN THE LOST & FOUND DEPARTMENT
asks you
what the
difference is
OLD CAT
BODHISATTVA
knows she'll
die soon.
lies on my
belly.
purrs
EMPTY BUCKET
BODHISATTVA
Lower it,
fill it, dump
it out.
Feel it,
name it, let
it go—desire.
STILL LIFE
WITH BODHISATTVA
still
life
still
life
still
life
still
ROCKET-SCIENTIST
BODHISATTVA
What goes,
must::
how hard is
that?
PEACH
BODHISATTVA
Do I dare to
eat
myself?
DUST-MOTE
BODHISATTVA
cosmos
COSMIC
BODHISATTVA
dust
TAOIST BODHISATTVA
That which
you call
“that”:
it isn’t
that.