The Pleasures
& Pains of Opium
A stained-glass ’64 El Camino
parked in the temple driveway
40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS
staring
into oblivion
oblivion
stares back
(it
should have been a stained-glass
Cadillac)
Just Add Water
nasturtium Plants eat
light.
tree fern We
assume they know
poppies what
they’re doing
the bonsai palm… but they don’t
really
all bending in the care whether
we do or not.
sun just like Would you?
everyone else here
Taigu Ryōkan
“The
sun sets behind the mountains
But
I remain in the darkness, too captivated to leave.”
