Eating Its Own Tail

 

I first saw an Ensō in a Paul Reps book

belonging to Robert Alan DeVoe

this was miles before his heart attack

demise, and death

 

Mei Ling Gong enjoyed watching two

white, male artists drinking instant coffee

and discussing Eastern Philosophy

teacher, yes, and student, willing

 

I’ll cling to that memory until my own

descent into possible emptiness

Charon here are the copper coins

symbolizing that ink-brush circle

[RK, 12/1/2020]

 

Patiently Waiting For The Others to Arrive

 

a Roman numeral clock on the train station wall

the size of an extra extra large uneaten pizza
anticipation and trepidation tie the knot

waiting for MMXX to become MMXXI

[RK, 12/1/2020]

 

The Road-Weary Cedar Box

 

you’ve lost the key and that hope chest

fashioned from aromatic Himalayan cedar

 

planed smooth by your father when you

were looking away, toward the future

 

perches on a closet shelf, ignored

you’ve changed your name to Pandora

[RK, 12/1/2020]