Zen Bagel  #151
April 15, 2003

I discovered
the Zen bagel
by chance on my
last vacation out South.

Contemplating over
a bagel I spread the
cream cheese with a plastic knife
and became seduced
by the tracks the blade
of the knife made as
I spread it out from
edge to edge.

A few minutes later
and after some care
and meditation in my
cream cheese raking
I finished by putting
in the final touches
with some peanuts
and some raisons
from some trail mix.

And there you have it
Zen bagel, not enough
for a novel, but maybe
just enough for this poem.