Riddle

Riddle

What does a Buddhist do
when it's hot and he can't
start his car?
Does he close his eyes and
imagine an air-conditioned tow truck?
Does he smoke a cigarette?
Does he pull a cell phone out of his robe
and call Krishna?
Does he go across the street to the liquor store
for a forty and a lottery ticket?
Does he make everyone get out
of the car and push?
Does he himself push - transgress?
Does he get under the hood
and chant - Varoooooooom?
Does he fold his hands together
and smile through his clenched teeth - Fuck Karma?
Does he turn his back and
walk up the nearest mountain?
Does he care?
Does he even want the car to start?
Does the car want to start,
he wonders, as he hands the keys
to the nearest perfect stranger?

I don't know - but I know what the poet
does when it's hot and his car
won't start -

He sits like an ass and
wonders what other people
would do.