I grew up in Christian fundamentalism, went to hell, came back, became a Presbyterian then a Buddhist Presbyterian, and now I'm a profane Presbyterian Zen Taoist -- not that I'm into labels or anything. Here's what I've learned so far: The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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Meditations on Lightning
When cumulous clouds
Can hold their charge no longer,
Light will breach the earth.
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In a open field,
The one who stands up always
Risks sudden burnout.
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Ideas hurt less
Than lightning, though sometimes few
Will survive either.
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Random strikes take out
The innocent along with
The presumed guilty.
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To guide the lost, light
From a candle’s not the same
As a tree on fire.
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Lightning’s sneakier
Than a rattlesnake because
It gives no warning
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Lightning’s coiffure roils
Across the desert as if
A coil of barbed wire.
[Disposable Haiku March 8, 2013]
Dr. Mike
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