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AFTER IKKYU: 29 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THE FOUR SEASONS, THE TEN OATHS, THE NINE COLORS, THREE VOWELS
Last Line: THERE IS SNOW, AND ON THE SOUTH, BUDS OF PINK FLOWERS.

The four seasons, the ten oaths, the nine colors, three vowels
that stretch forth their paltry hands to the seven flavors
and the one money, the official parody of prayer.
Up on this mountain, stumbling on talus, on the north face
there is snow, and on the south, buds of pink flowers.



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