His Poetic Din

all the intellectualosity gathered to hear the well-versed Buddha part with a few simple sonnets and some wry observations on sheep and pulling the wool over eyes not a huge media event, to be sure but enough for a literary lynching should natives lust get out of hand tree branches are far from the room perhaps a chair would do, inna pinch two well-upolstered ruby-red chairs, perhaps some hemp coiled up behind should somebody need be strung along sitting, he slowly, evenly begins his plain Buddha enlightenment for us we're enraptured, enamored, enthralled and utterly delighted at the wisdom and witticisms, savoring every phrase quietly chuckling where necessary and enthusiastically applauding his humanity © Goode Guy 2011-10-20 for my favorite poet, Billy Collins http://www.odu.edu/ao/univevents/pls/