Find Happiness

Find happiness among the yellow reeds
That line the ditches. Try to save your soul
Through rote responsive readings. Become whole
By savouring those salty pumpkin seeds
And wearing canvas shoes adorned with beads,
Removing racist terms like "jelly roll"
From your vocabulary. Have a bowl
Of cereal -- that's all a body needs.

Root out the feeling death has wandered near,
The attitude that you are someone's prey,
Ridiculous and helpless. What you say
Becomes reality, so root out fear,
All cold sensations. Dream loves will appear.
Root out dismay. Root out fear of dismay.