Guru

I’m the oldest there
with a special place
by the fire
near the instructor

don’t know how I arrived
sandwiched between warrior’s pose
and that noise in my pelvis
just a click

keeping time
with racing decades
in the big D leg roust
about reverse direction

six more times
before falling asleep
in the twenty minute
meditation

Stay Awake

the teacher breaks through
each set of bells
afterwards remembering
not to practise again

hearing kookaburras yell out
their starter engine plainsong
to the haughty autumn moon
I think of all the answers

Walking Through Fences ASM & Cerberus 2018