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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 244 by HAN SHAN

First Line: ALL MY LIFE TOO LAZY TO WORK
Last Line: WHEREVER YOU ARE IT'S ALERT
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; IDLENESS; VIRTUE; LAZINESS; SLOTH; INDOLENCE;

All my life too lazy to work
favoring the light to the heavy
others take up a career
I hold onto a sutra
a scroll with nothing inside
I open wherever I go
for every illness it has a cure
it heals with whatever works
once your mind contains no plan
wherever you are it's alert



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