Wu Li Master Bullshit

Wu Li Master Bullshit!​

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Wu Li Master met a Zen Master at a harbor pier,​

Both, waiting for the same ferry boat to arrive,​

Upon a beautiful, warm sunny summer's day.​

When after awhile the Zen master spoke up,​

Claiming he had studied for several decades,​

Perfecting the lost art of walking on water!​

Mastering it, so he could now teach anyone.​

Taken aback, blurting out Wu Li exclaimed,​

Twenty years studious dedicated application!​

Why? When, the ferry is only a dollar and it's a long walk!​

Not quite sure how anyone could possibly respond to that;​

Upon pondering deeply what the Wu Li Master had said,​

He suddenly chose to beg him, just as humbly as he could,​

To teach him, the finer mystical arts of slinging bullshit!​

Wu Li replied that the hardest lesson for most to learn,​

Is the one, people have trouble believing:​

Never underestimate your own potential!​

You can also study the comedy of masters!​

Starting with studying the better cartoons,​

Such as toddlers, cockroaches, and chickens.​

Who wrote the book on making any cartoons,​

Who may yet teach any old clown new tricks,​

Even old dogs, having a soft spot for toddlers,​

Gentle humor, and not just all the rough stuff!​

Learning to laugh gently, at ourselves as well,​

As laughing at all the foolishness of the world,​

Learning to enjoy all laughter for its own sake,​

Naive laughter at the naked man in the parade!​

Cartoon logic applies easily, to almost anything,​

Laughing because, of any extreme juxtaposition,​

Two dimensions can describe a quarter of all life,​

Including the classical mathematics and physics!​

Famous as the school of the Bull-With-Diarrhea!​

The gentle old bull, who's been put out to pasture;​

The old ox, that all the little kids still enjoy riding,​

Emphasizing gentle humor, that's never too pushy.​

Humor in all silent victories, in silent explanations,​

Produces many completely off-the-wall punch lines!​

The kind that can make everyone in the room groan!​

The kind you are not certain, you want to remember!​

Toddlers are capable of saying the damnedest things!​

The hysterical kind causing some to roll on the floor!​

Toddler ignorant wisdom, is only gained by attrition!​

Toddlers are forever, natural born clowns and artists!​

Toddler comedy, is by far the more difficult to master!​

Toddlers being so dim, they never know what's funny!​

Toddlers being clueless about just how funny they are!​

Toddlers all being funny, when they're not even trying!​

Rolling along with punch lines counts for extra points!​

But, the tiniest tots can tirelessly sling zingers all day!​

Unaware to begin with what they are actually saying,​

Unaware where they are and who they are talking to,​

Some unaware, they have even soiled their diaper!​

Some unwittingly, sticking anything in their mouth,​

Knowing that the only thing they know is nothing,​

Their zingers have all the more impact and punch!​

Occasionally, they'll make mean men hysterical!​

Thus upon reflection involving actual thinking;​

Including still scratching my head quizzically!​

Not to mention, a lot of begging the question,​

Fending off, any red herrings and strawmen!​

While debating if there are any finer points,​

What the hell the words might really mean!​

Meaning 90% of everything, is half mental!​

While half of anything mental is your heart,​

Like an echo chamber filled with rubber balls,​

Poetry in motion can look a lot, like pure chaos!​

Clowns bumble along, forever changing direction,​

Some even refusing to watch where they are going!​

Whenever the lights may be on, but nobody is home!​

Running around, like a chicken with its head cut off!​

Forever attempting to gain, everyone else's attention!​

Screaming and shouting warning us the sky is falling!​

Bouncing off all the walls as if they're made of rubber!​

Or playful toddlers, constantly getting into everything,​

And following rainbows, butterflies, and dust bunnies!​

Exploring their world, the only way they know how to,​

Exploring their own world, by playing with everything!​

Never forgetting all any of us, ever wanted was to play,​

Never forgetting who's love they really admire the most;​

Never forgetting, they really want everyone to be happy!​

Never forgetting how they may easily forgive and forget!​

Never forgetting, how they might keep paying it forward!​

Never forgetting, to help each other back up on their feet!​

Never forgetting they are all actually brothers and sisters!​

Never forgetting we're all just Big Babies to someone else!​

Each walking down the road, less traveled by most others,​

Each taking a different path, up the exact same mountain,​

Some stop one another from falling, walking hand in hand.​

Still many of us, are more accomplished clowns than others!​

Some of us can have confidence, without any foolish hubris;​

Like a batter who enjoys playing so much, they never choke!​

Remember underestimating your potential is a huge mistake!​

Cultivate learning to relax and just do what you know to do,​

Cultivate learning, how to tell new jokes without falling flat!​

Trying not to be funny we sometimes live to regret succeeding,​

Trying too hard to be serious, we may forsake our contentment,​

Trying too hard to be hilarious your jokes just aren't that funny,​

Trying too hard to make someone else like you is another mistake.​

For every comedian must first, cultivate faith in their own humor,​

Running in circles screaming and shouting if that is what's required,​

To master the fine art of slinging bullshit, follow your gentle laughter.​

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