real estate

sitting in an office in
   new york, surrounded by imminent
reality

it is difficult to accept
   buddha’s teaching,
   “all is
illusion.”

flying east through
   timeless night over an
   invisible ocean
   toward dawn,

past
   unnamable cloud-shapes
   into the hazy
   light of a tired business
day

it is difficult not to accept
   buddha’s teaching,
   “all is
illusion.”

sitting in an office in
   new york, how can anyone believe
   this is
real?