five new poems for zero
Zero woke up
and remembered
his dream his sister
was alive, then he knew
she was dead.
Death’s such a relative thing.
***
They say the universe
is one. Not really
it’s zero.
Zero has no size
it can contain everything
in the universe.
Everything can pass
through it
like the Tao.
***
Zero walks into a bar.
The bartender asks,
“What’ll you have?”
Zero smiles
and…
(what do you think?)
***
Not sexy enough!?
Zero is a hole!
A vagina! A womb!
it’s warm wet
and gives birth.
That big bang
came from and
went to zero.
There is nothing else
like it and
everyone loves it.
***
Zero in the sky
flying like no bird crying
alongside a sun.
12/9/2025 - © David Lauterstein
