u r the guru

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last night, on the way home from bikram, fireflies sparkled undeveloped fields.

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and, and during these five seconds, you flowed inside the gateless gate of enlightenment.

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a feeling—yes—but more—omnipotent energy—and yet still more—nodding acceptance.

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lightning presence in the present.

5

as you sweat above black leather on the summer solstice, you hear tom petty, “i forgive everything.” and you have never heard this song before even though your playlist hasn’t been updated in four years. it’s god’s wavelength message, you nod. and you forgive your all ancestors for all harm, and you ask the great spirit to forgive you while neon headlights from an audi coupe throb past.

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and then you start thinking about what you have to do when you get home. even though your yoga teacher whispered, “keep your brain in the room.”

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you haven’t given up yet.

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and you know paintings are footprints across time. a four-dimensional proof of existence. your heartbeat on a wall.