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AFTER IKKYU: 32 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: IF THAT BALD HEAD GETS YOU CLOSER TO BUDDHA
Last Line: NOW YOU'VE BECOME THAT LAMB YOU REFUSED TO EAT.
Subject(s): BALDNESS; BUDDHISM; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;
If that bald head gets you closer to Buddha
try chemotherapy. Your hair drops casually to the floor,
eyes widen until the skull aches, the heart beats like
Thumper's foot. Heaven's near at every second.
Now you've become that lamb you refused to eat.



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