Too Late To Call Myself A Poet

Too late to call myself

much of anything....

Buddhism stripped 

any identity out of me.

I used to call myself

a plumber because

I could do that...

the thrill of the skill 

is gone.

I was a good actor,

I lost the reviews, but,

trust me or not, they

were lauditory.

I was a Buddhist teacher...

still could, I guess, just

not much of an audience

these days.

No title to my name, 

people just see an old man, 

like all old men, a rusty shell 

of old dreams.