Dharma Poem: Ashram Hours

From the inky udder of night:
the first faint spray
of luminous delight

A milky grey, from far, faraway
like hearsay
dusts our cult of edges

Then the first light:
a million flickering altars
put Zoom calls to shame

Business suits
remember who they are:
robes of confession

Later, in the kitchen,
owl-light
gets shocked into submission

A fluorescent hand
grabs
a razor sharp utensil

Shepherding Presence
gets eclipsed
by good posture

People
stop straddling
the timeless trance of toes

Gallop a new horse:
the trash-talking toy
of the Corporatocracy

Come nightfall,
souls sheepishly swap
guilty twilight for an innocent one

Wait eight hours
for a glance
from a magnificent, world-saving guru

That living Master
of mercy
and forgiveness:

Ashram hours.

~Hunter Reynolds

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