Saturday, January 6, 2007

Buddhist Barbie!

Really nice poem I found on the net: ( God bless the net: where else could we hack into Japanese sekkusu,plagiarised SOPs, depression help groups or Laetitia Casta wallpapers- or even known any of that) Creativity has acquired a new meaning .......its about how many hours you can enjoy in front of a monitor with Bru Instant( kaapi) and Colgate( paste)....its trashy and kitschy and constructed...but hell...if you are lucky and no one finds out.......... Opal Mehta zindabaad!!


Buddhist Barbie

In the 5th century B.C.
an Indian philosopher
Gautama teaches "All is emptiness"
and "There is no self."
In the 20th century A.D.
Barbie agrees, but wonders how a man
with such a belly could pose,
smiling, and without a shirt.

( Bru Instanted and colgated from poetry.com)

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