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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 43 by HAN SHAN

First Line: BY AND LARGE THE MONKS I MEET
Last Line: ARE MORE PERCEPTIVE THAN THEM
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; FOOLS; IGNORANCE; MONKS; IDIOTS; DULLNESS; STUPDITY;

By and large the monks I meet
love their meat and wine
instead of climbing to Heaven
they slip back down to Hell
they chant a sutra or two
to fool the laymen in town
unaware the laymen in town
are more perceptive than them



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