Follow the black birds who have
finished the day shift, and are moving roughly
north and to the west
The ravens follow women in severe suits, their
chorus of stilletos have been picked up
by swirling leaves
the chirping of smaller birds sounds
exactly like adding machines
The women follow repentant gunmen who,
taking parables literally, amputate their
trigger fingers
Follow the itch in their phantom digits
until you come to bodhisvatta- - sitting by a
tree with his back to you
Approach him slowly and press your question
against him until your dark question has
turned white as an insistent thumb pressing
against the doorbell of heaven
and someone lets you in.
(c) 2002 FINDING SO(u)LUTIONS
finished the day shift, and are moving roughly
north and to the west
The ravens follow women in severe suits, their
chorus of stilletos have been picked up
by swirling leaves
the chirping of smaller birds sounds
exactly like adding machines
The women follow repentant gunmen who,
taking parables literally, amputate their
trigger fingers
Follow the itch in their phantom digits
until you come to bodhisvatta- - sitting by a
tree with his back to you
Approach him slowly and press your question
against him until your dark question has
turned white as an insistent thumb pressing
against the doorbell of heaven
and someone lets you in.
(c) 2002 FINDING SO(u)LUTIONS