Nirvana blues | Breathe in Breathe Out

The seeds must be protected : Art by A.G. charcoal sketch in the tradition of Käthe Kollwitz (charcoal on paper 9x12” | 2003)

The Bolshevik-Buddha Meditation Breath

Put your feet apart

a little wider than your shoulders,

so you can bend your knees

and sway from side to side,

forward and backward,

without losing your balance.

Relax your hands,

Take a deep breath,

inhale slowly, deeply.

Hold for a count of three.

Then breathe out slowly (for a count of five)

As you exhale

slowly make your hands into heart-sized fists

and then look for a nearby fascist,

punch the fascist

in the nose and the stomach.

Breathe in fist

Breathe out a fist in the fascist’s face

Breathe in proletarians

Breathe out purépechas

Breathe in capitalism

Breathe out humans

Repeat as many times as necessary

Until you get to nirvana.

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Buddha Bolshevik Breath

Breathe in air

Breathe out hurricanes

Breathe in pollen

Breathe out power from below

Breathe in open hands

Breathe out fists

Breathe in war racism genocide

Breathe out Palestine, revolutions, humanity

Breathe in rainforests

Breathe out zapatistas

Breathe in Buddha

Breathe out Bolsheviks

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Breathe in Buddha

Breathe out brown buffalos

Breathe in genocides

Breathe out Gazas, Palestines

Breathe in rage

Breathe out-rage

Breathe in walls

Breathe out horizons

Breathe in borders

Breathe out families reunited

Breathe in catastrophes

Breathe out utopias

Breathe in massacred

Breathe out prophets

Breathe in

Breathe out

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July 18, 2014 & 2026