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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 12 by HAN SHAN

First Line: TAKE THESE MORTAL INCARNATIONS
Last Line: BEFORE THEY STOP TELLING LIES
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; FOOD & EATING; HELL; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;

Take these mortal incarnations
these comical-looking forms
with faces like the silver moon
and hearts as black as pitch
cooking pigs and butchering sheep
bragging about the flavor
dying and going to Frozen-tongue Hell
before they stop telling lies



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