Curly Wisdom

I have been deep in thought and practice on the following quote from Michael Leunig's "The Curly Pyjama letters".

"In response to your question 'What is worth doing and what is worth having?', I simply have this to say...It is worth doing nothing and having a rest!"

This world can demand so much and we can so easily get caught out by selling ourselves short of simple and beautiful truths like this.

Norm's Diner

Coffee with apple pie á la mode
Lost souls on La Ciegnega
The sea is high
Wind strong

Perfume smell of minerals
That rise from the briny
Close to truth
Holding life

How do these survive?
Pay them. Dress them smart
Cut the hair and
Bleed the heart

A wind blows to stir the tree
Money falls
Whilst we stand beneath
Armed with rake and shovel

All I want is another coffee
Another shot at the lights
Just to hear them go
POP! TSCHHHH!

You hit one and coffee drops
Like a circus prize
In a concrete mug
Anchored in the silent deep


Norm’s Diner
West Hollywood
September 2009
M E McCarthy