Oo-roerir

All-father, how did you think to see with only one eye?
and was swinging from that bo-tree your best battle?
or was it unmanly?
was your sacrifice woman’s work?
if it was then bank the fires in the halls
and I will bear that ancient pain
a valkyrie bringing men to the battlefield
in your honor I will gassho
mead-horn in my hands
as many times as necessary
until I understand.

Procrustes

In dokusan
the least of my students asked me
what is enlightenment?
jump, i said and you will lose your head
crouch and it cuts off your feet