Poems of deep attention to the ordinary

States of Mind

Brunch is
a state
of mind
states a
cafe sign.

This gets me
thinking of
all the other
states of mind
that I have
read about
on a sign.

There are classics
I readily recall:
freedom, success,
paradise, happiness.

There's one
whose main
point was: pain.

Or was it:
suffering?

These words
I once
did find that:
life is itself
a state
of mind.

The last sign
I remember
said the
same about:
coffee.


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