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AFTER IKKYU: 2 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THE WELL PIT IS BENEATH WHERE THE PUMP SHED BURNED
Last Line: A VERNAL POOL WHERE FROGS LIVE TRAPPED IN A UNIVERSE.
Subject(s): ZEN BUDDHISM;

The well pit is beneath where the pump shed burned
years ago with a living roar, a fire lion. Down
in the pit, charred timbers, green grass, one burdock,
a vernal pool where frogs live trapped in a universe.



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