Empty the Pot

It would be fine indeed,
if we could wash out the mind
each morning.

Thoughts get stale,
the mind like an air deprived swamp,
begins to stink,
and the only way
to go out into the world anew
is in the same way
our souls came into it.

It is wise to swill and pour,
flush and evacuate,
drain and empty,
tip and spill,

ejecting all that collected piss
we’ve been carrying around,
for so many yesterday -

that overfull pot
we call our feelings.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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