On Meditation and Modernity
I’m going to go to that other place—
the corner place, the sitting place,
a twilight, inner, singular, solemn,
quiet place—awhile.
The ritual’s for maintenance,
not mania, not pride.
Though I doubt that you could come within,
you’re welcome to sit beside:
Should you start feeling peaceful, too,
let my peace feed your own. . . .
The first thing, though, you’ll want to do
is silence that cell phone.