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Today, I went to a book signing, for Billy Corgan's collection of poetry, Blinking with Fists. Some of it is too inane to understand, but I did come across a very lovely little piece...

Zen Poem
-Billy Corgan

life/the flickering candle
life/thick van gogh paint
life/the patient answer
life is the greatest thing

thought/the open flower
thought/the humming scream
thought/the traffic light
thought is communion

love/eternal circles
love/the spinning child
love/the playful servant
love is quicksand

feelings/the great protector
feelings/the vengeful wasp
feelings/the paint peeling
feelings are our reminder

life/the dying tornado
life/the blistering peal
life/the aging icon
life is a victory lap

thought/the winter solstice
thought/the history book
thought/the river secrets
thought the messenger boy

love/the hushed churches
love/the forgotten joke
love/the quiet asylum
love is just a double dare

feelings are coney island
feelings/the fingered crook
feelings/the lost traveler
feelings are like spilling milk

Comments

[bardcat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this. I love Corgan and wish I could meet him and wish I could get an autographed book of his collected poetry!