rain (2008)

1.
no one takes his leaflets –
why? because it’s raining?

2.
this weather
is a lot of information

3.
tense as glass this morning
as he sits to meditate

4.
subtle sensations of vipassana:
isolated showers

5.
his hand will not destroy
even the smallest creatures

6.
someone jokes
that his hand lacks teeth

7.
his apartment
becomes moths

8.
this rain
is unintentional

9.
naked he stands,
a book in each hand

10.
smiling, shaping to accept
he enters the rain