who do you say

there’s a reason all the buddhas
are in books no less real but
not more either / writ large and wide then
rewrit filtered through no less
real and more either / than that lens
through which the penitent
feel the need to feel less real
and not more /those flag planted that are
no less than real but more so too / hey dirty,
there are no gurus and no buddhas / but
If you meet one on the road maybe
just keep walking more or less

Originally published at http://dirtysacred.wordpress.com on September 1, 2021.