Lyrics to Genji
Genji, I dreamt the horse again last night.
But this time I was riding it.
It was so dark, and my eyes stung.
The wind whipped through
the invisible trees. It takes
a body to know the wind
is there, to know a horse
is under you. So it was you,
I guess, that pressed against
my flanks, and it was you
who filled my ears with noise.
When I press back,
you have a shape to fill.
Genji, where will you go
when I am in the ground,
unless a tree grows from my mouth?
THIS IS A VERY FINE POEM. IT SEEMS THIS POEM IS IN THE SPIRIT OF CHUANG TZU. A TERSE METAPHYSICAL PIECE, IT DOES WHAT MOST GOOD POEMS DO, IT ENDS THE POEM BY CONCLUDING WITH A MOST INTERESTING AND USEFUL QUESTION. IN THIS PARTICULAR RESPECT, I GIVE PENNA RAVE REVIEWS.
—MICHAEL DEBONIS.