Buddha in the opium den
His 'big baby'
form perched grotesquely
on the wooden tier
its boards
resinous with dreams -
a ladder of searching
voyaging skulls
a pilgrimage of hollow eyes
the fog deepens
A caterpillar churns
at the borders of recognition
'Another of your oriental tricks'
says the boy archaeologist.
His 'big baby'
form perched grotesquely
on the wooden tier
its boards
resinous with dreams -
a ladder of searching
voyaging skulls
a pilgrimage of hollow eyes
the fog deepens
A caterpillar churns
at the borders of recognition
'Another of your oriental tricks'
says the boy archaeologist.
