The Man and the Mystic

phishgodphishgod Posts: 133
edited February 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
The Man and the Mystic

Everyday a man
walks streets of town
on trail of mythic subway,
and passes yon’ setting
by the square
a certain mystic sitting there
of uncertain origins,
sitting on the park bench,
mystical throne,
and home,
a smilin’ contemplation.

And after six years gone by
this workaday routine,
the man’s eye
takes on a certain gleam,
a-twinklin’ thought
caught betwixt the
ticker’s scream,
the ageless wisdom
of mystics,
the crush of urban reality.

Does finally pause
on way to work
one wetted winter’s day
to gaze at smiling
ageless mystic
(so lost and far away),
to say:
“Do mystics
have a sex life?”,
and scurry on his
way to office
so proud of
his question
he doesn’t wait
for his response.

“Why do you
think we smile?”

--June 30, 1992
@pth
rockon,
phishgod
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Comments

  • I know dat mystic phishgod and we'll tell them about goodness
    and i always say de fucking love is the key to poetry doubters because

    Trevor Hughes on the fountain
    on the market square always rantin' love
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    rime royale
    to go
  • This isn't as powerful as a lot of your other stuff, I think because it's too hard to follow - the missing articles and what not, and I think the humor would shine through better if it were a little straight forward, but you don't revise anything so my suggestion is to move on to one of the other trillion
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