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Overloading the Machine
Sham
The woman swam for her son —
shawl, nasal wail and a howl for
the man with the anvil jowls
to no avail:
vanilla ash and
he was a no-show.
The son, in a hail of vain wish —
small, slim snow
from liminal to vanish:
mail on the null-sail.
Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing
where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is
emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the
meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that
these are two separate things.
-- Quote from the film, "Ghost Dog"
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