have the tao
for breakfast
& begin your day
like the bowl & cup
perfectly empty
and ready for anything.
by noon
the day’s gone crazy.
you feel
too anxious for lunch.
but the tao
is waiting in the corridor––
the next item on your agenda.
eat hearty at supper
across from the tao.
your body’s an empty tube.
at the end of the meal
have some rumi & whipped cream.
when you go to bed
make love with the tao.
fall asleep
listening to her
heart.
dream of
the tao
between the stars.
kiss the laughing tao
with the sun in her arms.
wake up
& simply be.