With Both Legs Stretched Out

Tom Russell: Joshua Tree

Too lazy
to be ambitious,
I let the world
take care of itself.
Ten days' worth
of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs
by the fireplace.
Why chatter
about delusion
and enlightenment?
Listening to
the night rain
on my roof,
I sit comfortably,
with both legs
stretched out.
--Ryokan