To You-Know-Who
The owl-headed dakini
whose heruka-gathering hoot
pierces the dark night
of humourless Americanisms;
the swash-buckling
thin waisted
elegant willow of blond,
penetrating peach,
English to her mischievously graceful core,
swaying and bending in winds blowing gently
from nearby shores
the scent of salt and seabreeze
her clarifying perfume of discipline and delight.
Where you tread,
ever-young maiden,
blossoms spring!
Where you gaze,
the Kingdom is made manifest!
Where you teach,
the guru's mind is joyfully, transparently transmitted,
spotless and pure!
For decades, if not kalpas,
you have beautified,
dignified,
clarified,
organised,
and orgasmified
our world.
Long may your cheeky, elegant
naturally female dignity
grace and uplift our passages together
through the many bardos of being and beyond,
Oh Great Lady Warrior of Tatamagouche!
4 March 2015