Dysfunction

ˌdisˈfəNG(k)SH(ə)n

noun – abnormality or impairment in the operation of a specified bodily organ or system.

karma operates

karma operates 
with utmost efficiency 
during a crisis

general headquarters 
lies too far in the rear to 
smell the abattoir

safer to be judged
by these legendary deeds
than by my results

this new confidence 
is no more likely valid 
than my past mistakes

the dormouse observed 
that the lord of the pantry 
had cast off his rags

endless grinding work
enfeebles and stupefies
the rational soul

as for our statesmen 
with the strictest indifference 
let us hang them all

my buddha nature 
stands in opposition to 
my buddha nature

my beloved is 
not the only reaper who 
stalks this battlefield

the buddha i am 
is not the same buddha as 
the buddha in me