.

all this talk
all this striving
to 'be one's self'

like it was merchandise
or a trick to be taught
on a week-end workshop
like there was a choice
to be, or not to be

all the self-help classes,
meditation groups,
healing groups

maybe she kept going
through all that trouble
because after all
she was a bit
arrogant bastard
with a too grandiose image
of her-
self

maybe that's the central reason
spawning entire industries
of mental couching
and psychiatric fast-food

it takes one to know one
you wouldn't believe
the measures i've gone
to save my prescious soul

no
sane
person
would do that

period.

so quoting jack:
let's just live, travel,
adventure, bless
and don't be sorry