mindfulness

all the run on sentences in my head

inevitably turn back to you

and those simple sacred insights

which i've labored so hard to steal

will not hold

taking care of the self

seems the most unambitious task

from a certain standpoint

we should rather be getting on

with colossal social tasks

orgiastic pleasures

but taking care?

that seems some trifling exercise

to be fit in

between a brisk jog

and piano scales
if the time is free

yet, the effort will be made

it will happen at sunrise

it will happen throughout the day 

and it will happen on into the night

it will happen

this is what i say

to the delicate eyes

of the bathroom mirror

at lunch break

for if i'm going to be of use

i need some clues

hints

more than what I've got at least

more than silence

and crippling