Dhammakitty

by

Paul E Sexton

The love of my life was fast asleep.
The Roommate was rhythmically plucking the highest
string on his guitar
in strange stacatto stanzas,
while staring empty at the wall.
The teevee droned on and on
about a man who cheated on a woman
with her friend, and the friends boyfriend.
The day had been rainy and dark.
The job search was deadening.
The bank account was melting slowly away.
The neighbors were screaming again
and the old floors were creaking loud.
I walked into the kitchen to feed the hungry CAT
and I could smell the gas stove.
I could smell the dirty dishes.
I reached into the cabinet, grabbed the food
filled the bowel and the cat walked

smoothly slowly in
FAT YET SLEEK.
He stared hard, eyes to eyes
then spoke saying;
"One who conquers himself is greater then another
who conquers a thousand times a thousand men
on a battlefield.
Be victorious over yourself, not others
for when you attain victory over yourself
not even the GODS can turn it into defeat."

I fell to my knees and wept
on that dirty kitchen floor
for enlightenment suddenly seemed
a distant and far away shore!

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by: Paul Curtis
from: Woking, England, UK

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