American Buddha

--- for L. B.

You are neither
. . . . . . . . . .
For both
are symbols
of empty
dreams

When they shout
"Art for art's sake"
you have decided
what to forsake

It maybe still
a men's world
A:::::R:::::T
but
You---literally---are
grabbing it
by the
balls
!!

I hope I
can smile
like you when
I am 94
---
with naughty ideas
running thru
gray head
---
forgiving
not
forgetting
---

To love
what I love
To live
what's there
to believe
. . . .

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z.z. 2006