Observation
The news talkers are talking
Piqued with foreboding
The anticipation of disaster…tomorrow
The reality of today
Worry is present suffering
A down payment on tomorrow’s doom
The sky is light blue
The street is quiet outside my window
The squirrel in the maple
Preparing for winter
The long sleep with spring to come
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Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Observation
The November sun is bright at 8:00 am
The crooked finger of bare trees…clawing
Shadows scratching at the window blinds
Daylight savings today, with a hint of winter
The scent of cold things, late-autumn leaves
Drying in the stiff-breeze
The sound of water boiling in the kettle
Calling me to coffee and the taste of chocolate
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.