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the monkey king (wears no crown).

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the monkey king (wears no crown).

the monkey king,
he felt he was so clever,
and looked down at our
intelligence or lack of.
he ruined the feast
of the rulers of heaven
to which he’d not been invited.

the monkey king,
he’d prance around.
his lack of modesty
led him to constantly display his skills and talents,
but this annoyed the rulers of the heavens.
they called upon the buddha.

the monkey king
was captured,
held trapped inside the buddha’s hands.

the monkey king,
he felt he was so clever,
and looked up at the clouds
from in-between the buddha’s fingers.
what good was immortality then?

the monkey king
let centuries pass
until the rulers of the heavens called.

***

all of the while
the monkey king
was never missed.
they’d had enough
of his torments,
constant bragging;
free to just be,
finally were
much more happy.

***

the monkey king waited
not having made any friends.
there’s none to miss him.

09.08.08

Little Children (Dream of Stars).

Frausto 14 Comments

Little Children (Dream of Stars)

They look at me like I’ve got answers,
But I bring choices
And not nirvana,
But paths at once diverging.

Some of us will meet again one day
As all roads do converge.
That’s why the ancients
Followed trails up towards the heavens.

They look at me like I’ve got answers,
And plead their case-
Why they deserve
To be delivered towards success.

Little children dream of stars
When they watch TV.
They have forgotten and
Were never taught to look up to the sky.

They want to be like those stars on TV,
Completely oblivious
That they will end up
Like the stars in the sky as shiny dust.

They look at me like I’ve got answers,
But I’ve got questions,
And I bring doubt,
But still we’ll venture out to see what we discover.

09.07.08

Dance (We Used To).

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Dance (We Used To)

Boogie down
In the basement,
In the rain,
On the beach,
Or in the club.
The ceremony disconnected
As aliens on islands
Search out bodies
To collide against.

But we used to dance
To the gods,
To the earth,
To the sun, and the moon.
We used to dance
When the priests weren’t looking
While master was asleep.
We used to dance
To worship
The forgotten ancients,
To escape our slavery
As our way of life
Went persecuted-
We used to dance.

Slam, mosh,
Rave,
Salsa, cumbia, bachata,
Tango, juke, and do-si-do.
Testify.
Get down.
Make love.
Meet God.
Face death.
You are simply a mortal,
So dance.

09.07.08