stubborn bull

to deliver a wreath
          of stones, blow
through a broken trumpet

there are no answers
          your Zen are monks afire

there is an answer
          in a wastebasket
on a paper folded

silk sheet falling from her body
          silence! for once, naked, listen...

water follows a path of least
          resistance: raindrop
suspended in moonlight

 

copyright © Brian E. Langston
published in
Octopus Dreams: Poetry In Baltmore Anthology One (PoetryInBaltimore.com, 2007)