Thunder Sandwich
#17

Poetry
2 poems by Richard Denner

dweeb by jeff filipski
dweeb by jeff filipski

SIT LIKE A MOUNTAIN

I'm in the tent of self-produced mind
late at night, candles flickering
soaking up his mind essence, like
being in Tibet a thousand years ago
with Guru Rinpoche, tough and gentle.

He taught 3 words that hit the point
this old lama doing it the hard way
sitting on his ass in a cave for 20 years
until his bone touched the stone
listening to waves of bliss-emptiness
crash on the shore of nirvana.

Noise floods in from the street.
Here in the pure land of Santa Rosa-
one taste in the supermarket aisle
and new asanas for highway maneuvers.




INSTALLATION
for Gay

Turning off Fulton onto 12
maneuvering to the left
no, right

Fan belt whine on the freeway
skill saw whine in the supermarket

Different scripts reverberate
in the silent inclined
box with masking
tape, paint, brushes, pan
& roller tumbling
to the floor

The doors to my senses
open-I see my room
in the gallery-
eyes, ears, nose, mouth

Black rectangles the size of doors
painted on the interior walls
thin strips of black
running parallel
to the black kick board
using stick pins, black yarn
mixed with wire & colored cloth
neither nest nor web

A handful of fog
mirrors and masks
a collection of wrapped thoughts
& small boxed images
revealing the true phantom
speaks the truth

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