i saw him monday
eating a bowl of brown rice
talking to pigeons
all about necessity
everyone passed by
thinking he was unstable
without any words
or any wisdom to stop
they saw what they saw
they knew nothing that they knew
a man with a big laugh
is almost invisible
he was once rich and
not as fat as you’d expect
his clothes were perfect
long ago, now they’re quite plain
no one realizes
yes, that is him, he’s the one
that is the way with enlightenment
— it never looks the way you’d expect