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Sitting cross legged on a wooden floor<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0above the tiny desk, pine branches hang in rain<\/span>
\nbefore my eyes thru glass – a drop falls from the roof edge<\/span><\/h2>\n

broken earth here, pebbles brought from afar scattered<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0by white treestump, green grass Crowds the path –<\/span><\/h2>\n

Grey streaks my beard, I began sitting quiet<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0lately, but it’s too late to read Lankavatara,<\/span>
\nSurangama, Diamond and ten thousand sutras –<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0bald head holds no Chinese, Sanskrit, Japanese,<\/span>
\nand now Rheumatism twinges my Knees ehn I walk –<\/span>
\nWell, with such pines hung in grey sky\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I still must be Buddha here – If not<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 who am I?<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 May 3, 1971<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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