~ Strange Happenings Out On Highway 61 (You'd Better Run) (Apologies to Bob Dylan)

“anyone seen god?’

asks one buddha

of the others.

“no, seems like we’ve

been wandering around

in this wilderness

for over 40 days and nights,”

says the second buddha.

“and we’re running low

on nutter butters,” says the third,

adding, “and we’re down

to two cases of budweiser.”

“he’s always taking off

like this,” says the first buddha.

“is he upset with us?”

asks the second.

“no, i think he’s just testing

himself,” says the third.

the buddhas sit down

in the shade of some giant

rocks and joshua trees.

a cool wind blows

over them them

and soon they fall asleep

…

time passes

…

the smoke from a lucky strike

curls around the buddhas

and they awaken

to a burning joshua tree

god says to the buddhas

“kill me a son.”

the buddhas say,

“man, you gotta be putting us on.”

god says, “no”

the buddhas say, “what?”

god says, “you can do what you

want, buddhas, but the next time

you see me coming,

you’d better run.”

the buddhas ask, “where do you

want this killing done?”

god says, “out on highway 61.”

bewildered, the buddhas

look at each other.

“relax,” says god,

“i was just messing with you,

but you gotta admit,

it’s a pretty good song.”

one of the buddhas picks up

a package from the stones

sitting around them

and offers it

to the burning joshua tree

“nutter butter?” he says,

sheepishly.

“no thanks,” says god,

“but later, i thought

we’d have s’mores.”

"yummy," say the buddhas,

"s'mores are divine."

"yes," says god,

smiling,

"they have buddha nature."

 

kodak e100vs

color slide film

zero image 69

pinhole camera

using my sunglasses

as a polarizer

i think the refracted light

came of the inside

curvature of the lens

anyway,

i thought it looked

kinda cool

 

Done