[Buddha-l] Re: crazy wisdom

Richard P. Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Tue Nov 29 19:05:22 MST 2005


What a strange, strange boy
He still lives with his family
Even the war and the navy
couldn't bring him to maturity

He keeps referring back to school days
And clinging to his child
Fidgeting and bullied
His crazy wisdom holding onto something wild
He asked me to be patient
Well I failed
"Grow up!" I cried
And as, the smoke was clearing he said
"Give me one good reason why!"

What a strange, strange boy
He sees the cars as sets of waves
Sequences of mass and space
He sees the damage in my face

            ---Joni Mitchell "Strange Boy"



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