Revised 03-29-18 I can stand being around myself But I can't always stand being around myself with someone else A perfect stranger is OK, but someone I know really well sometimes doesn't make me feel that swell I'm OK to touch but to talk calmly, rationally, not so much Is it cool to be this way? Not so much When will I reintegrate? How long will it take? Why do I have to reintegrate every day, sometimes the whole day through? Why can't it be done once and that's it, you're through? Apaga la mente That's the solution para toda la gente Pónte en un estado de 'ser' to the point you forget how it feels to care The problem- it can take a mind-altering substance or a national disaster to get you there... to that place where u no longer care. Surrender Detachment, as the Buddhists call it If it were tangible I'd eat it I'd sell it I'd haul it Initially written in my notebook, in early June on a gloomy day M...
