Far Out Space Capsule Hygiene to Avoid Primal Screams

by Gerard Sarnat

Trying to preserve equanimity

in our Coronad twosome,

when spousal abuse

is rapidly rising

worldwide

oy we each make it a priority

point to tolerate the other’s

ways of wanting to do

things, regardless of

personal preference

thus offering prime opportunity

to live on minute-to-minute

basis my favorite Buddhist

precept, Mudita, or to be

in another’s shoes.

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Gerard Sarnat, MD, has won San Francisco Poetry’s 2020 Contest and Poetry in Arts First Place Award/Dorfman Prizes. He has published in Buddhist Poetry Review, NY Times, among many others, as well as by Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, and Columbia presses. A Stanford professor/healthcare CEO, Gerry has built/staffed clinics for the marginalized, devoted energy/resources toward climate justice on Climate-Action-Now’s board. Married since 1969, Gerry has nine grand/kids.