Entailed: Looking for Skillful Means

So often
I hear
The term,
“Skillful means,”

But
I am never sure
What that means
And often get lost

And so,
I’ve decided
To try
Imagining that I know,

That
I do possess
The knowledge
Or have access to it,

That
I can see
What is skillful
And what is not,

And then
To see where,
If anywhere,
That gets me.

That’s all
I can think of
To try
For now,

And then
I’ll see where,
If anywhere,
That gets me.

Ensuing: And so On

As for
What I wrote
Yesterday,
I can make no sense of it

But
It cheered me up greatly,
For which I am grateful,
Even though it’s only mindless chatter,

Followed by more mindless chatter,
Which only serves to add
To the sum total of
Mindless chatter,

Although it seems to me
As perfectly wonderful
As all the other
Mindless chatter;

Why do we do that?
I wonder
But cannot fathom
Or discern,

Whether we’re just playing,
Or actually doing something worthwhile
I do not know
And so, I just ignore it and continue,

Ignore it, and continue,
Ignore it, and continue,
Until some other response
Occurs to me.

And then
I do that instead,
Until some other response
Occurs to me.
And then, . . . and so on, . . .

Enshrouded: Crazy

Eating oatmeal is vanity
Not eating oatmeal is vanity,
Neither eating nor not eating oatmeal is vanity
But I do it anyway!

Sleeping is vanity
Not sleeping is vanity,
Neither sleeping nor not sleeping is vanity
But I do it anyway!

Seeking is vanity
Not seeking is vanity,
Neither seeking nor not seeking is vanity
But I do it anyway!

My way is vanity
Not my way is vanity,
Neither my way nor not my way is vanity
But I do it anyway!

The Buddha way is vanity
The Not-Buddha way is vanity,
Neither the Buddha way nor the not-Buddha way is vanity
But I do it anyway!

All is vanity
Not all is vanity,
Neither all nor not all is vanity
But I do it anyway!

What is the point of all these vanities?
I do not know
And if I did I could not say
But I do it anyway!

What a crazy world!
What a crazy state of mind!
What a crazy way
Reality has come on today!