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First Line: If I'm not mistaken, everyone seems to go back
Last Line: Beside which all churches and temples are privy holes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Zen Buddhism


If I'm not mistaken, everyone seems to go back
to where they came from, ending up right
where they began. Our beloved cat died today.
She liked to sit on my head during zazen
back when she was a child. I bow to her magnificence
beside which all churches and temples are privy holes.





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