Thursday, February 21, 2019

Serenity Now!!!

It’s been minutes and I still haven’t achieved serenity.
I guess it was unrealistic
to think I could ever escape my fantasies.
Lying on a sofa in Schenectady,
dreaming about tripping the light fantastic,
it’s been minutes and I still haven’t achieved serenity.
Does one achieve serenity by submitting to gravity?
It doesn’t help to be naturally athletic,
leaping above the ground in shoes of fantasy.
No, best to relax and accept the Mystery,
your best Bible your biometric.
If it’s been minutes and you still haven’t achieved serenity,
you really should consider the possibility
that the problem’s the electric-
al conduction in your heart. Your fantasy-
production won’t end while your blood’s at liberty—
not till you receive the black spot and go apoplectic.
Then will you achieve the desired serenity,
the movie projector shut down—no more phantasy?