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THE MONK
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JOURNAL#17 he had a most refined way with words
a trusting spirit that somehow dominates
the senses it serves
others
in their great grief
would pass on such obvious perceptions
oh
but not he
he lived far below his actual means
yet graced life like a noble though
impoverished king
he ate watered down turnip stew
on Sundays with wild red beans
as if he were so very humbled by
poverty that he could not afford himself
even a proper meal
if such supreme yet sad rumors
are to be believed
the man lived an indeed curiously quiet
sort of life
banked by universal appeal
one rather could learn quite a spiritual
lot from he
the pages in his thin extraordinary book
must have been Spartan to the extreme
there is much to be said for
sweet simplicity.....................
(Jan. 17, 1998)
