exfoliation etc....

ex:
laundry here is washed by machine..
praise the high holies..
then hung on lines and drying racks..
i am always amazed how quickly everything dries..
even in this moist island life..
the towels dry stiff as a board..
to be used as an exfoliant for the entire body..
om ah ouch!

elevenes:*
this, as you know, is mid-morning tea..
i find it arrives around 10 am however..
since i am up at daybreak..
the sun is rising brilliant red around 8:45 pm pst!
elevenes consist of tea, of course..
usually 2 more pieces of whole grain toast..
with jam and cheese..or maybe olives and cukes..
savory or sweet, either way..it makes the day..
this is post breakfast and second breakfast..
what?..we eat all day.....?
* traditionally the time to have
that whiskey bracer in the midwest..

dress up:
the greeks dress up for church...
holidays, parades and festivals..
really dress up..
it looks alot like milano fashion week..
dresses, skirts, high-high heel shoes, nylon stockings..
men in ties and sports coats..
this presents a bit of a problem for one
who packed only a carry-on
for a 3 month wanderment...
i do my best ~ cause for raised eyebrows..

harbingers:
the swallows have arrived..
early morning and dusk high divers..
their gold bellies (god-bellies) glint the sun rays..
and sci-fi vocabulary chant prayers..wake-up calls..
matins and vespers..
they are the sure sign of spring..
how auspicious! spring!
miracle of miracles..
we begin again and again..

a prayer in spring
~robert frost

oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
and give us not to think so far away
as the uncertain harvest; keep us here
all simply in the springing of the year.

oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
and make us happy in the happy bees,
the swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

and make us happy in the darting bird
that suddenly above the bees is heard,
the meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
and off a blossom in mid air stands still.

for this is love and nothing else is love,
the which it is reserved for god above
to sanctify to what far ends he will,
but which it only needs that we fulfil.

nobody's beeswax:
the last time i was exploring the monastery,
a priest found me snooping around..
i was questioned quite seriously..
and proved myself innocent..
there was a candle maker in his workshoppe
dipping and hanging these sleeves of golden wax..
may i come in and watch, please and thanks?
NO! this is no time for distractions!
bowing out, i lit one for him on my way...

the better to see you with:
lizards have a third eye..
the better to zipslip away from me...
it has been drawn to my attention
that i am spending more time with
cats, dogs, butterflies, goats and lizards
than i am with human beings..
hummmm?
if you can't be with the one you love ~
love the one you're with...