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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 184 by HAN SHAN

First Line: BUY MEAT WITH BLOOD STILL DRIPPING
Last Line: AND BOTH OF YOU FINALLY PART
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; FOOD & EATING; MARRIAGE; DEAD, THE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

Buy meat with blood still dripping
buy fish flapping and flipping
bring punishment down on yourself
to keep your family content
but once you're dead your wife remarries
how could anyone blame her
one day you're like a busted bed
and both of you finally part



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