"The affair began in the Heaven of the Suite of the Thirty Three "
The Dhammapada
I wondered about what she could have said
about the day Adoring with Flowers when she fell
from a nimba branch with her offering set out to tremble
with the slight breeze I could
dry some paint on it for you whoever is here
with all the dirt
I slipped into another world
but all I did was pray to live with you again born after
and then married
I became an alms giver and put the mats out day after day
I was so good everyone brought lily water
petals and aspen clippings
to give to me to give
while I wondered what I could vacuum