ritual speech

A woman with her eyes
so shut in sleep
and 15 clouds sewn to her
sandals;
this is the way
the train conveys
ritual speech echoing
up from dragon book shelves.
 
We are wise to take notes
of what we don't
understand; not anticipating
but welcoming moments of
 
. . .
 
A woman with a bodhisattva's eyes
on her t-shirt,
touches the blood at ther throat
and smiles as
she reads from the screen
in her hand.