To Be Happy

To Be Happy
you do not need to be
psychoanalyzed
rolfed
estered
altered
spayed
neutered
fixed
mooned
acupunctured
meditated
massaged
cayced
yogied
new-aged
astrocharted
holisticized
computerized
megatrended
therapized
androginized
evangelized
converted or even
reborn

Trust your senses-
Your common sense
your innate sense
Of justice.

Be loyal to your family
Your clan, your friends-
Your community (Let the
Nation-state go hang itself!)

Defend the stupid, the crazy.
Love the earth, the sun,
the animals. Avoid endless
disquisitions of suburban

hocus-pocus, Toyota dealers,
self –loathing intellectuals,
male predation, lesbians
in bearskins-embrace Jesus-

Oppose injustice
Defy the powerful
And speak for the voiceless.
Follow your star.