opening in

burnished speared flanks advance through desert

drinking lambarene laughing like fools

men harder than rock yet elusive like snow

a sea gurgles underneath us here somewhere i know it

under limestone and black plates the teaming grey waters

under cities and fields deep in some darkness

deep in some nightmare

approach it with caution

its energetic influence is staggering

a violent churning sensation then calm

adrift in some faery tale bliss you never notice this

white canvas of sky

the clouds are a smear on chinese pearl

heaven goes on and on forever as if in a painting

the happy peoples of earth rejoice

they care for everything

they kill nothing

to everything its own sweet life

to be lived in peace and ahimsa