"Check your karma?
Rotate your circle of life?"
“No, my mother warned me against extended metaphors
One minute, they are picking daisies
The next, they are in a distant universe
Where the strings vibrate in reverse.”
“A wise woman.”
“Yes, she taught me to tell my left soul
from my right soul;
what to wear to a crucifixion or an enlightenment,
how to act when the Messiah comes.”
“Some say he is here already.”
“I know. I saw him one day.
I called his name: he downed a beer
And slid out the back door.”
“Messiahs are like that,
Never one around when you need them.”
“And there is this yearning for earth.”
“The earth yearns too.”
“Yes, always.”
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