NELSON
THAT’S WHY HE IS NELSON MANDELA
If you want to understand your enemies read
their poetry he said
Find out what they worship:
Fame
Wealth
Power
Technology Beauty Silence Mercy Guns
Not all of us are cut out to be saviours eh (CBC commentator)
You can talk Zen but try to live Zen depression sets in
Maybe it’s the antidote to a manic world What is the current
Mythology? When mangers & burning bushes fail to captivate
& you cannot see the forest for the Bodhi trees
Is the virtual space the new sacred space? Or is it the Psychiatric
encounter? Will resurrections happen late at night when screens
flicker green and a voice rings out: You have a choice Modern Man-ic
Shoot yourself or i will shoot you
Saviours form a line to the right Civilians to the left
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“There comes a time in life when everybody must
take a piss in the sink” Peter Orlovsky Paris 1957
Winter 2013
