WALKING ON THIN ICE

philosophy 117-121

spring will come again

10,000 used books must go by December 31 2016

$3 hardbacks
$2 large paperbacks
$1 small paperbacks
(sets and a few scarce items more)

Open Wednesday through Saturday 11am-3pm through the end of December 2016.

2716 West 14th St, Cleveland, OH (Tremont) in the basement of the 148 yr-old Zion Church

Saturday December 17 at noon, Lady K (aka Kathy Smith) will be hosting her annual Winter Solstice Poetry Reading and Potluck there as well. Everyone welcome, open mic, no sign-up, no featured readers, just read if and when you feel.

Michael O’Brien’s Scriptoria Books has until the end of the year to sell his amazing inventory of used books because they’re turning the fine old-world stone church into apartments and condos for the well to do.

Fantastic books, incredibly inexpensive – the perfect Christmas gift.

You can check his Craig’s List ad under CLEVELAND and BOOKS for later information.

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Philosophy 117

Life’s a beach
and then you dive

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Philosophy 118

Gotta re-leave myself
too much money bizness

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Philosophy 119

Flesh is such sorrow
from worm would to mold

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Philosophy 120

Six layers in search of a surface
lost & profound

Spirit up, bone down
the dance since chance began

Soul high, flesh low
all run by remote control

We start inside
don’t end outside

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Philosophy 121

Just like Sisyphus
it’s endless

– Smith 11.27.2016

spring from winter

philosophies – 4 for the price of none

Philosophy 109

It ain’t what it iz
or iz what it ain’t
just iz what it iz

– Smith, 11.24.2016

Philosophy 110

Anger as seasoning is okay
but for main course it’s poison

– Smith, 11.24.2016

Philosophy 111

Arranged relationships
prudent marriages
sacred lies

We go from room to room
testing the precepts
touching the tiles

– Smith, 11.24.2016

Philosophy 112

Seeking new path chanting old chant
working the koans for better chance

Wake up ten, wear down to one
go back to bed, recycle again

Flow from dream to fog of wake
mind schemes, body aches

Been here before, be here again
won’t know the score until it all ends

– Smith, 11.24.2016

light… dark… light… dark…

Philosophy 108

I follow the streetlights into the night
light… dark… light… dark…
like my life

– Smith, 11.22.2016

mind spark rise over run

mindspark

Philosophy 107

I wash dirty dishes
dirty dishes grow again

do soiled laundry
yet soiled clothes reappear

Go to sleep and wake
then sleep again again to wake

eat, and hunger grows
empty poop, and poop renews

stumble road fumbling load
looking for the answers

see faster slower prancers
hacking Mobius track

no answer sheets needs meet
this Sisyphus repeat

– Smith, 11.19.2016

rise over run

knowing no answer

Philosophy 106

Went looking for answers
but no answers came
till knowing no answer
was name of the game

– Smith, 11.18.2016

dark, dawn, yesterday, tomorrow

Philosophy 105

Dark before day
eased by the sun

Dark after dawn
lasts all day long

We spin away yesterday
turn to tomorrow

– Smith, 11.17.2016