The Award for BEST.....

It's been a long winter in Iowa
my mother was seven when the winter was so full
seven when the first oscar was given

i love movies
one a week is my treat

last sunday evening
i was melting away the winter
at
sundara spa

melting and integrating
into
arete

when i was young
i bought a restaurant
lost a lot of money fast
closed and reopened
as
Oscar's

people waiting in long lines
money in hand paying to get in the door

i have never been one for awards
always loved the inner hilariousness and pure pleasure
of
knowing satisfaction

i love that aspect of movie making
where
we are the play, the actors, the producers, the designers, the action, the words

i melted into the dragon's breath
melted into the heart of the universe
the heart of reality, the heart of oneself

i melted
no words, ideas, concepts
nothing but being engulfed by the dragon's breath
that
SPACE
of
beautiful pure perfect love
where the universal mistress
is
loving...

WE are oscar
we are the award
we are the play
the actors
the scene

breathing
as the
dragon
we be.

mom is eighty seven
snow is predicted for today
and
sunday, too.