Pleasure of Joy

Pleasure of Joy
by The Hippy Coyote
July 28, 2013 after attending a Hare Krishna service in Venice, California.

Reach for a goal -- a cookie on a shelf
You seek the pleasure -- from outside yourself
If there was no cookie -- no pleasurable reward
Would you find the same satisfaction -- from the same points scored?

Does the mind need the body -- to experience bliss?
Can you enjoy sex as much -- as just a kiss?
Must there be a paycheck -- to prove what you deserve?
Or is happiness measured -- by a stimulated nerve?

The pleasure of joy -- requires a free mind
The joy of pleasure -- is too easy to find
Is the daily pilfering -- of money in your hand
Going to make you happier -- than completing what you planned?

Must there be dessert -- after a great meal?
Must we chase each love -- that we may feel?
The joy of pleasure -- is a long path to suffer
The pleasure of joy -- is quicker -- never rougher

Families will ensnare -- with profits decades away
Promising the pleasure -- only if you stay
Religions will postpone that joy -- for after death
Some settle for joy now -- arriving sooner with crystal meth

The pleasure of joy -- is the cheapest of all highs
No way to suffer -- no one ever dies
From enjoying a happy child -- or holding a lover's hand
Drugs may try to convince you -- it's unnatural if it can't be canned

Commercials will convince you -- there products will bring you joy
But not until we've purchased -- their new gadget or new toy
The joy of pleasure -- in video games
is the pleasure of joy -- in killing people without names

So it seems that what we want -- is really what is wrong
We'd rather hear bullets and screams -- than a wonderful song
In our wasteland of money Hell, we work we spend we save
Hoping to find happiness in our modern cave

The joy of pleasure -- is born to create a hunger
The pleasure of joy -- will create a smile that keeps you looking younger

 

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