Volkswagen

there is one type
of uniform analysis
that provides evidence
that Joseph Beuys
stood close or very near
to the Dalai Lama

a sad cold sight they made
in the midst of the flaming mob

surreptitiously now
he opened the case of his watch
it was after ten

the trumpeter began to play

high in the air
an anvil
floated in the wind

John Dialogue
was also there
and stood silently
along with the rest

as the anvil
drifted lightly away

finally he turned to Beuys and spoke:
it gathers strength as it goes you know

the wind showed no signs of easing up
and the sails swelled and the rigging hummed
and the barque snored through the water