Dashboard Buddha, an ensemble work with verses authored as ()'d


You can be sure nuthin'll harm ya,
If you've got a Bodhidharma,
Settin' on th' dashboard of yer car.

Make that dharma transmission mesh fer ya,
Git an Avelokiteshvera,
An' hang it on th' rear-view right up thar.

			(George Byrd)

Grin 'n give that horn a tootie,
Tell us what you think Subhuti,
Is this droopin' figure just the one?

Are all them bumps 'n characteristics
Signs for all us saints 'n mystics
Or just cheap plastic left out in the sun?

			(P.K. Harvey)


As the plastic bottom's sealin'
To the dash, what is this feelin'
Creeping up and all around the wheel?

Can it be I'm being enlightened?
Or is Jesus merely frightened
By the burning sun - now what's the deal?

			(Wally)


Goin' ninety, it ain't scary
If your Buddha's a little hairy
Ridin' on the dashboard of your car.

Never mind that your Bodhisattva   
Got too hot from sun that sat the
Day b'fore....   melt'd like a candy bar.

			(Mariah Kaze)