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And… Namaste

4 min readJan 26, 2026

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Above Photograph Taken By The Author — K. Stofer Smith — Copyright 2026

And unexpected deep sighs came your way yesterday
Back winded through Topanga at that Inn of the 7th Ray
In that canyon that meets your reveled youth
Where truth intertwined with the Great Spirit
You found yourself at another tribute, yes for Ramone
It started Thursday night with a voice mail on my phone
With an oldest closest friend deepest voice sorrow
She had lost her beloved man and will call tomorrow
Stunned bat to your head you looked at your wall
And damn the cracks that shattered refusing to stall
You saw your mother smiling remembering so well
Her moments with the G-U-R-U on 4th and Idaho
Laughter of discussions when legends he did tell
Mother knew his wife forever oh she loved her well
So there was trust there was a wedding in 2002
Geraldine with the 80’s gang at Ranch Calamingo
You heard Farrow too say “Bingo” blew out to pals
Gals that silence recalled stuffed memories past
From corners of Hindu teachings that didn’t last
When Mr. Gonzales would grin and say hey bro
Weekly he would walk almost float past the 325
Addresses were numbers he calculated so alive
He would say “digits had meaning” and so go off
On Krishna, on Vishnu and on a Puranas deity sign
As your doctor sister was patient as western beliefs align
She saw his colors in auras and so loved his wave
Patient in their patience so softly they did behave
There was smiles and trials of Eastern chagrins
He would say “One is all, Everything inside begins”
But Mother of Pearl…

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K. Stofer Smith
K. Stofer Smith

Written by K. Stofer Smith

Photographer with a Pen, Poet with a Lens. (Profile Woodcut with much gratitude and courtesy of Loren Kantor Woodcuts) All Photographs Taken By the Author.