bellowedGet out of the streetbroke into a run

                                                   didnt yell at children like that

was a runt squirrel sporting a dismal tail

                                           not the usual bushytail he was familiar withGet out of the streethis streetshoes slapping the rotting asphalt roadWoudya get out of the street looked like a cattail reed beginning to split seed uneven  incongruent

                                                          awfully long compared to its scrawnythin body

                                                                              Gawddammit

closing on the squirrel they scrambled through a burgeoning white Agapanthus flower bedleapt onto a live oak trunkscrambled into the treetops

                                       Good Stay the fuck out of the road

People in cars are assholes

the squirrel perched in the crook of a branch looking down at him

                                                                        he was waiting for them to scold him

neither would understanding what the other said

 

    never did scold

 

before walking again You be careful kiddo

                                                      they reminded him of grimley  a runt kittencouldnt fatten her up

    she died  what was   monthanahaf back

turnedwalking backwardsStay the fuck out of the road

                                                                           that earlier in the week

 

walkingreading  same road

                                lookedupglimpsed over the top of the bookcatch the lay of the landSTOPPED

DEAD

         in the road  appeared a tuft of fur

    tears  couldnt swallow

                                Sonofabitch

crushedbody of the runt

                                    only way he knew

   cattail reed tail

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sutra caught his eye like a fishhook

                                        Junkyard Shaman cats jumped him twice this morning

he hadnt realeyes it was a standalone wordalways kama sutra to him

                                                                                 inadvertentlysidewise

the junkman informed him

                               sutra  as defined by the monks of Koyasan Kongō Sanmai-in historic Buddhist temple and shukubo (temple lodging) on Mount Kōya in Japan  https://gassho.info/blog-page/what-is-a-sutra-buddhism/

quite the discourse

one could say twelvecourse kaiseki-ryōri  懐石料理

                                                         dropping in on kama sutra was there karma sutra  checked  there wasnt  but there were menu items  took a deep breath  although there was no way in hell hed get through all of them in a single breath

And Awa a ay We Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZZIDk2c_Y

                                                                     “Union of the Eagle/The position of perfect Alignment/Union of the Lovers/The position of Andromaque/Union of the Antelope/The posture of the Tree with fruit/The Posture of the Balance/The posture of the Swing/The Posture of the Bamboo/Union of the Boa/The posture of the Plough/Union of the Cat/The Position of the Overlapping/The Posture of the Scissors/The Position of the Courtesan/Union of the Crab/The Posture of the Spoons/The Position of the Dance of Missionaire/Union of the Goddess/Union of the Elephant/Union of the Emeu/The posture of the Anvil/The posture of Star/The position of the Large Opening/Union of Frog/Union of Oyster/The position of Indra/The position of the Lotus/Union of the Wolf/The posture of the moon/The missionary position/The mobile of the Mill/Union of the Butterfly/Union of the Magpie/Union of the Octopus/The posture of the Pillar/The posture of the Reed/The mobile of the Wheel/The posture of the Willow/Union of the Scorpion/Union of the Monkey/The posture of the Stem/Union of the Tiger/Union of the Tortoise/Union of the Cow (or Greyhound bitch)/The posture of Yin and Yang”

   gobbled a breath

plucked another quote

                            “Reciting a sutra can function like a steadying rhythm for the mind, without requiring belief.”

    there was that 

 

sutra  Sanskrit word for string or thread

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靈山経　"The Spirit Mountain Sutra"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npMnFWvS9rM

probably his state of mindcould he state his mind

                                                      he could try

but Junkyard Shaman wasnt helpinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OWz1nbIa38  not that it was their job

Happiness sat down beside himat his hiphanging in midair

    How do you do tha

I think the better question is how do you sit in that chair? It’s, probably, the most uncomfortable seat I’ve ever dropped my fanny in.

When

         While I was away
Ohhellno.

            Sat on your lappassed through you.

Through me

Yeah. You’re more immaterial than you think. Sift through your biology anatomy atoms.

                                                                                            Uncomfortable chair.

It coudve been me

No.

     As I said . . immaterial.

 

Why you here

To remind you.

Your unsettledstate . of mind.

You said the junkman’s not helping.

He knows it’s not his place. Let me ask you.

                                                  Who is responsible for me?

You are

No.

      I’m your happiness.

Who’s responsible for your happiness?

You’ve said it time and time again.

   

    I am

Yes.

       Man up.

Try harder.

Happiness stood 

slapping him on the back

                       You got this.

he nodded

did he

 

he did

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Junkyard Shaman  月痕  translated  Moon marks

REMEMBER JUNE 6, 1944  D-DAY

 

he defers to Heather Cox Richardson historian extraordinaire who memorialised this day in history far better than he could

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-5-2026

six of his uncles his father-in-law enlisted fought returned in one piece

they did not speak about their time at war

                                              ever  perhaps among themselves while away from their children

    he did not ask

                          he believed their memoriesnightmares inviolate

0810,  Saturday