Friday, June 03, 2022
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (217)
EXPLAIN
Explain
how you'd
explain it,
the old monk
asked
the master.
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THE THING ABOUT
The thing about language is
it leaves its sweetness
on a knife,
the old monk told
the poet.
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I COULD PRETEND
I could pretend
to be a hermit,
but I'd need
a longer beard,
the old monk said.
~
