get my attention with this poem of yours:<\/p>\n
Beneath the skin of
\nThe one we fondle today,
\nThere is a skeleton,
\nPropping up the flesh.<\/p>\n
Ikkyu<\/p>\n
Why couldn\u2019t you have just written something
\nless graphic, less disturbing?<\/p>\n
You could have written something less drastic, like
\nthe woman you are fondling today will be dead someday.<\/p>\n
That, though still disturbing, would have been more palatable,
\ngone down easier.<\/p>\n
Now if I ever fondle a woman again, your buzzkill poem
\nwill at some point pop into my mind
\nand wreck the illusion that I\u2019ll be holding her forever. <\/p>\n
Besides, you were supposed to be a freakin\u2019 monk,
\nnot some playboy writing about fondling women.<\/p>\n
Ikkyu, if you hadn\u2019t been a monk, I\u2019d say damn you,
\nbut I can\u2019t afford any more bad karma in this life.<\/p>\n
So in regard to your disturbing poem I\u2019ll just say,
\nIkkyu, why did you have to?<\/p>\n
Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
get my attention with this poem of yours: Beneath the skin of The one we fondle today, There is a skeleton, Propping up the flesh. Ikkyu Why couldn\u2019t you have just written something less graphic, less disturbing? You could have written something less drastic, like the woman you are fondling today will be dead someday.… Continue reading