H e a r t   S o n s   &   H e a r t   D a u g h t e r s   of   A l l e n   G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m   H e a l t h   S p a :   R e p o r t   2 0 1 4 :   A r c h i v e s   E d i t i o n

 

 

MARC OLMSTED

 

 

Leper Fingers In My Tea

 

Yeshe Tsogyal,

movie-star gorgeous

princess-saint of

Tibet,

married

a leper in

compassionate

heart –– he served

her tea & his fingers

broke off in the cup ––

she drank it

anyway

 

 

[Originally published in NHS 1994, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs94/index.html#26.]