October 2021
Tom Montag
theoldmonk85@gmail.com
Author's Note: The old monk continues, a little slower than he was before, wobbling down the mountain. It's not the poems which slow him, but his age.

from "The Old Monk Poems"

If want is
what you want,
the old monk says,

you'll never
have enough.

from "The Old Monk Poems"

Don't count
what's in the hat

til we're done
playing,

the old monk
told the band.

from "The Old Monk Poems"

At the end,
the old monk said,
I am going

into the mountains.
I may be awhile.
©2021 Tom Montag
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