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“You cannot commit the crime until you have become the crime itself” — The Buddha
* * *
Crime is bliss. What do you need? Whatever
it is it is gone. The night kissed me, said,
“go and look for it.” But why would horror
want to be reclaimed? You were not misled
when they said life sucks. It does. Like people
who call themselves Buddhists — already they’re
doing it all wrong. I lost my Jekyll
(or was it my Hyde?) my thrill, my nightmare,
all that I could carry in a spare bag
and say, “hands up!” I don’t hate the Buddha,
just his followers. Take what you need. Greed
is god. Don’t feel too bad. If you need swag
you need swag. “Crime is bliss,” is my mantra,
because, apparently, that’s what I need.
* * *
memories of my ghost sista 
Buddha and Beatty…Bonnie’s been superceded..hmmmm. Is Mr. Barrow’s sexuality in question now – no Faye Dunaway, no assurity. About time someone took on the fake Bhuddists smelling up the wordpress waves. If they were Bhuddists, would they even bother trying to force their fetid ideas upon the suspecting? I know one real Bhuddist, and she just gives me a sympathetic look every time I try and ramble about some worldly matter. Then she walks away about three inches off the pavement.
Computer is F*^$%#ed…every time I respond, it goes all whacko, then clears. Only responding to necessary posts.
Later….
Yes, I suspect in the future mastery of one’s computer shall be the only true path to enlightenment, since if a person can calm all the ghosts in their machine without throwing it through a window they will have probably achieved the sort of peace one hears about when reading about nirvana … or maybe not, heehee.
Wow ! This is great. I hope the interpretations I made would be somewhat closer to the context in which the poem has been written.
Regards 🙂
Thank you! That’s the thing about interpretation, it can be however one likes it. Holy wars and religious schisms aside, I rather like that. Cheers!