Monday, October 7, 2019

Aquarium ~ Monday, 7 October 2019

Buddha at the bottom of the fish tank, 
underwater with the algae eater, 
deep in contemplative meditation, 
drowning from complete lack of oxygen, 
hastens to grasp nirvana by the balls 
and overcome his being a statue, 

at the bottom of the fish tank, he waits, 
transcends the unknown of the universe, 

tries to explain practice to the guppies, 
however they cannot stay still for long, 
exactly when he says "enlightenment," 

biting at the tails of the angelfish 
ordain a different method of approach, 
to observe the orange buddha beneath 
the surface seated in lotus posture, 
only made me realize, the Buddha 
makes his appearance when necessary, 

originally, I grew up Roman 
fucking Catholic, but then, I found God 

trembling at his own insignificance, 
hidden within books of metaphysics, 
evidently, the presumption of guilt 

found within texts of dogma, disturbed him, 
including the conceit of existence, 
simply mindboggling for his image, 
haunted him like black ghost knifefish, silly 

to imagine the creator of all, 
all things seen and unseen, at the bottom, 
noticeably conferring with Buddha, 
killing time before his execution. 

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