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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 28 by HAN SHAN

First Line: A FLOCK OF TIMID SHEEP
Last Line: CHOMP CHOMP TILL NOTHING'S LEFT
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; FOOD & EATING; SHEEP;

A flock of timid sheep
skirt the hills and keep to valleys
preferring man-made pens
to being chased by wolves
nor do they stop multiplying
until they fill someone's gut
food for men from head to tail
chomp chomp till nothing's left



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