*quan yin lives
in california*
(for theresa)
quan yin lives in california,
she drives a chevelle
w/ clouds for wheels,
& a 396 cubic inch
dragon under the hood
...she wears tight-fitting
rock band t-shirts
under flowing, silken, white robes
...she tilts her head
& wonders aloud if champagne
turns to wine when it goes flat,
attends to the cries
of a million suffering beings,
helps stranded sailors
on mount pluto,
& practices divorce mediation
...she was given 11 heads
& a thousand arms
by amitabha buddha,
but still wonders how she will cope,
now that it is illegal
for her to talk on the phone
while driving
...she is going to have coffee
w/ the virgin mary
next friday, & later, stop by
the "victoria's secret",
to use up what's left
on the gift card
from her boyfriend
*busy devil*
the devil
rides a red bicycle in mexico city,
goat ears hear kidnapped broken bones poke internal organs
…he steers a yellow cab thru manhattan,
sees hungry children crying
…the devil
drifts a black BMW thru beverly hills,
long, black, forked tongue tastes cordite
…he rides in the bed of a camouflaged toyota pick-up in sierra
leone,
standing up to his ankles in spent brass
…the devil
rides a donkey in sarajevo,
canine olfactory nerves scent blood
…he flies a helicopter over bogata,
pondering ancient arrowheads that won’t stay buried
