quotablequotes of the daze..........

many years ago
bev& eye were touring a bookstore
& eye picked up "the little book of zen"
& read the following quote
....what did the zen master zay to the hog dog vender
" make me one with everything"
eye laughed so hard my belly ached for two daze

being a poet ....one enjoys reversing things to see something in new novel way
which most people never think about doing......here goes
....what did the hot dog vender zay to the zen master
can you make me one with everything.....

would a hot dog vender already be one with everything
surely wouldn't be your normal capitalist or hooked on materialism
just maintaining a lifestyle that keeps him at balance & at peace

recently eye had the chance to use this line on a hot dog vender
asking him.... first if he knew what a zen master was......... zaid "kind of"
then eye asked him........if he would make me one with everything
he zaid o.k...........
as eye lifted my arms outstretched to the sky
& then pretending to smear mustard & onions & pickle relish on a hotdog bun

then he handed me a hot dog without everything on it.........

some guys can really screw up a two car funeral................
no sojourn to any kind of earthly utopia for me

(another variation on the zenzational zen line is)

a buddhist approuches a hot dog vendor and zays
"make me one with everything"

he gives the vendor a $20 bill and waits
finally he says "where's my change"

zays the vender : "all change must come from within"

a film that kind of plays with this concept is
"ghost dog : the way of the samurai"
except ghost dog & the hotdog vendor speak different languages yet ztill kommunicate
better than most people who speak the same language but miscommunicate

how fun & bizarre & enriching & uplifting the use of words be.....till next time

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