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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 60 by HAN SHAN

First Line: A FARMER WITH ACRES OF MULBERRY GROVES
Last Line: DYING OF HUNGER AND COLD IN THE END
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; FARM LIFE; PAIN; AGRICULTURE; FARMERS; SUFFERING; MISERY;

A farmer with acres of mulberry groves
and a stable full of buffalo calves
able to understand cause and effect
the numbskull finally cracks
he envisions it all used up
and everyone on their own
with paper pants and tiles for shorts
dying of hunger and cold in the end



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