A Little Longing Goes Away - The Books

Yes and no are just distinguished by distinction, so we choose the in-between.

Give up your books and put an end

to your worries.

Enjoy Central Park in spring.

Our minds are empty, like we’re too young

to know to smile.

We know to fear what others fear

is nonsense, right?

The books suggest we set our hearts

on doing nothing,

and then nothing’s left undone.

Everybody’s busy waiting for the go-ahead,

but by then their heads are gone.

Our minds are empty, grave as well as strange.

(Take this.)

We know to seek success is utter nonsense,

The best is to be blank.

{Here we are.

Here we are.

We are antici-there it is.

There it is.}