Accomplished

Ordinariness inheres
In the awareness of it,
Rather than in the dullness

Of any particular
Activity. We would not
Encourage you to seek out

Wonder in your mundane chores.
Mindfulness is not for words.
We’re just saying, rich or poor,

What makes a moment boring
Or, more to the point, crushing
In its ordinariness,

Is your awareness of it.
The emperor on the throne
Lives in ordinariness.

The celebrity athlete
Practices for hours and hours,
An ordinary being.

Only mind-altering states
And sleep disguise your boring,
Ordinary life for long

And never for the better,
If you stay away too long.
You may try to ignore this.

People may say sit with it.
Fine. Sit with it. Don’t mistake
This for a way out of it

Or through it. Be like your words.
Take note of it. You’re alive;
A life is ordinary.