Observation
My lady tells
me about her dreams
Playing
string with Kitty, pouncing
The smell of
coffee fills the house
In the dark morning,
dressing, typing
I am listening,
chatting with them
In the hour
before sunrise
Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.