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Lao Tzu and Henry Miller

stare me in the face

but I am unable

to murmur a word.

I am too dumbstruck

to open my mouth to speak.

I can not focus on anything;

I can not think clearly

other than to fixate on their names.

“Lao Tzu and Henry Miller”

I repeat it to myself.

It becomes a mantra for the minute

and I shall dwell on it

for a moment or two

and see if satori arrives.