I Will Return to Chanting
I will return to chanting
a windmill in an empty field
a pioneer drawn to the frontier
a flock of pigeons scatter
in father demo square
i will return to chanting
in the presence of Avalokiteshvara
I have one thousand hands, with eyes
in the center of each palm
and I am always watching out for you
and you are always watching out for me
so let's go outside and play
until it's time to go home
i will return to chanting
western culture all fall down
no hometown
no more ground
western culture all fall down
masks off and everyone in the pool
I will return to chanting
the Mahayana temple upstate
where you served me tea,
your shaved head, yellow robe
a teenage monk.
you mostly live in silence
I mostly live in noise
I will return to chanting
before Scott died
I held his hand and felt
a surge of energy burning
into me like an electric
current and from that moment
Scott forever joined my journey.
two for the price of one
thirty for the price of five
everybody is a crowd now!
Hey! Make way for me
and my crowd!
I will return to chanting
I am only what you think
but I am much more than
I could ever have possibly
have imagined.
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