It's that time of year again - pick a poem to carry in your pocket for the day! This year I've gone back to Kerouac (who is not primarily known for his works of poetry)!
Here is the 10th Chorus of "Brooklyn Bridge Blues" -
Chorus # 10
And that's all I can
recall of Brooklyn Bridge,
tonight, John A Roebling
and Washington Roebling
built it, and it hath cables
and it does one good to cross it everyday----
See my eerie wiseness?
Good night, innocent children
of this mortal Sangsara
world, you have to keep
your mind empty & tranquil
and pure or the whole
Eternal Light escapes you
-----Without the Eternal Light
you're only a yakking fool
of rooms, beds, graves
and monuments----with it,
you are like the Silent
Mountains of Snow
and more than
I know------
Check out this link for the entire Poem!
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