Ashram Hours

From the inky udder of night:
the first faint spray
of luminous delight

A milky grey, from far, faraway
dusts
our cult of edges

Next:
the flickering altar,
that puts Zoom calls to shame

The tee-shirt:
a wrinkled robe
of confession

Later, in the kitchen,
owl-light is shocked
into submission

A fluorescent hand
grabs
a razor sharp utensil

Shepherding Presence
gets eclipsed
by good posture

People
stop straddling
the timeless trance of toes

Gallop a different horse:
the trash-talking toy
of the Corporatocracy

Come nightfall, we eagerly swap
guilty twilight
for an innocent one

Wait eight hours
for a glance
from a magnificent, world-saving guru

That Master
of mercy and forgiveness:
ashram hours

~Hunter Reynolds