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Dana Prajna Paramita

1.

Where are you going?

You’re already here.


Now, let that go—

but stay


without

staying.


2.

It is easier 

to be the authority


and pronounce

bits of bated wisdom,


as if you know

anything more than now.

3.

Listen, you are here:

the pulse of wind through the trees;

a loud distant sneeze.


(November 30, 2022)