COUNTERWEIGHT OFF THE TAIL ME BOYS    (Fri., 10-11-2024; Palm Springs, California)

     
     
just counterweight      
off      
the tail      
me boys      
just counterweight      
off      
the tail      
or in other      
words      
to put it      
more simply      
just counterweight      
off      
the tail      
me boys      
counterweight      
off      
the      
t      
a      
i      
l      
for i m afraid      
there may not be      
much      
left of me      
afterwards      
here tonight      
beyond      
the resonant echo s      
widely spreading wake      
of this present      
passing moment s      
slippery  fleeting      
timeless      
now    
so just    
counterweight    
off the tail    
me boys    
just counterweight me    
off the tail    
as all me salty    
sailor boys    
slide me stiffened    
lifeless corpse    
along with all    
i ve ever been    
or ever was    
but now    
forever    
am no more    
right off me ship    
no longer mine  
to have  and hold  
nor to rule  
at sea no more  
ever again  
back into  
great mystery s  
mindless  
unfathomable depths    
of so called    
death s    
vast  eternal    
cosmic sea    
of transcendent peace    
beyond all temporal    
mortal  human belief  
of mind  of science  
of religion  of faith  
imagination  
nor  
any other known  
knowable measure  
at all  
just a fully awakened
letting go
full departure
away from all
past samsara s
ego blinded
lifetime s
negative hold s
consciously chosen
blissfully enlightened
release
back into
the highest  
most wondrous return
into the greatest
ineffable truth  
of our divinely
transcendent
inseparable  
radiant  
oneness  
with  
all