232nd Chorus

Buddhists are the only people who dont lie,
In the Sacred Diamond Sutra
Mention is made that God will die –
       “There are no Buddhas
       and no Dharmas” – means –
       There is no Universal Salvation Self,
       The Tathagata of Thusness has understood
       His own Luvaic Emanations
       As being empty, himself and his womb
       Included – No Self God Heaven
       Where we all meet and make it,
       But the Meltingplace of the Bone Entire
       In One Light of Mahayana Gold,
       Asvhaghosha’s singing in your ear,
       And Jesus at your feet, washing them,
       And St. Francis whistling for the birds –
       All conjoined though and melted
       And all be-forgotten, pas’t on,
       Come into Change’s Lightless Domain
       And beyond all Conception,
       Waiting in anticipatory halls
       Of Bar-Light, ranging, searchlights
       Of the Eye, Maitreya and his love,
       The dazzling obscure parade
       of elemental diamond phantoms
       And dominos of chance,
       Skeletons painted on Negresses
       Standing by unimportant-to-you
       Doorways, into Sleep-With-Me
       The alley way behind