[Zita Zenda]

On meditation I can rant
but not with that communal slant…
If inner conflicts don’t exist
then how can anyone get pissed?

Since I was left behind
before I had turned six,
I learned a certain kind
of tension quelling tricks:

I taught myself exactly how
to breathe and focus
on it; the fuzzy static “now”
went in my nose
and out it.

Having fun and being funny
man’s priority,
eating plenty bread and honey
quite religiously;

But having fun and being serious
what a paradox!
I meditate until delirious
wearing only socks.