by
salvador rosillo
on Thu 03 Apr 2008 04:47 PM EDT
"petty tyrant"
when she talks
and rants on
and on at the top
of her voice,
while riding
the "a" train
from bed-sty to tribeca
and goes on to
the crazy vociferous
tirades about
who knows the most
minutia about recondite
areas of law procedures
while never herself have
gone to law school
to visit
i ask myself,
while trying to
become invisible inside
the crowded metal
box on wheels,
trying to disappear
from the steady
curious gazes
of all the strap hangers
junk food train diners
panhandlers
rap dancers
double sized commuters
and other denizens
of mass transit
in new york city,
which saint of so many
legions of saints
could come
to my aid ...
now?
mayve,
could someone tell
me?
what's going on?
meantime the pressure
the stress
the heat
the smells
the screams
are being ratched up
several knotches
the larded ball
of screaming grease
passing for female
but with more testosterone
than an Andalucian
Bull in heat
goes on and on
belittleing me
transforming her
out of the closet
Dorian Grey persona
and contorted face
equipedwith glass bottle
bottom trifocals
occupying most of her face
leaving visible the lipstick
smeared humongous mouth
opening and closing
relishing her time
in the spotlight
minutes of fame
under the esat river
screaming on and on
non-stop
her eyes are bulging out
of the sockets right above
the glasses upper rim
(i wonder how does
she does she intake air?),
it only seems to be
coming out
and out even
out of her ears
it seems the are
fuming
in front of our
captive choice audience
trapped at 70 miles an hour
in the tunnel crossing
to lower manhattan
and freedom,
for me that is.....
.....my freedom ...
from this petty monster
in full waildom........
many of the women
inside the train
seemed to be enjoying
the dress down
I am getting..
they see i am trapped
unable to counter
please,please......
what's going on?
when will i be
fully grown?"
help!.............
a petty tyrant is
your best teacher!
Castaneda said...
Don juan had told him.
why is that?
Castaneda asked?
why a petty tyrant
is a teacher at all?
Don Juan answered
because......
a petty tyrants
can throw you off center
and push you away
from yourself
it will make your fisures
and cracks visible
it will make your
weakness apparent
to the degree
it throws you off
your center
of habits
is how much
how far
you must comeback
adjust to return
to your center
except that now
you have hopefully
grown up
in self knowledge
in patience
in endurance
and like a reed
in the rushing storm
bend down
once the storm
has gone
return
to your upright position
more flexible
more supple
centered
stronger
wiser.
05/30/07
@ museumsalvador rosillo