Garth von Buchholz Poet Epigram

Zazen

1. God is full, full of rain,
    and dry, dry as light.

2. The clock-man winds his clock
    spending many an hour.
    The clock, however, winds itself;
    if he knew that, he would not waste time.

3. When God pours milk into God,
    does God ever drip from the corners
    of His mouth?

4. He knew that he would travel farther 
    so he became the road
    and arrived without leaving.

5. She had a vision that her eyes fell out
    and when they did,
    she put them in a locked box
    so she would not lose her sight.

6. Half and half is one
    minus that is none
    more than that is sum
    less is chewing gum.

7. When I sing on a swing
    I oftentime sing
    of a thing on a swing
    that can more or less sing
    of a thing on a swing
    that can sing of a thing on a swing.

(inspired by a correspondence with J.D. Salinger)

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