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AFTER IKKYU: 21 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: JUST LIKE TODAY ETERNITY IS ACCOMPLISHED
Last Line: TIME PASSED IN SITTING BEGS MERCY FROM THE CLOCK.
Subject(s): TIME;
Just like today eternity is accomplished
in split seconds. I read that Old Nieh
in the wilderness vastness trained a mountain
tiger to carry his firewood. A black hole the size
of 300 billion suns is gobbling up the M87
galaxy because astronomers gave it a boring name.
Time passed in sitting begs mercy from the clock.



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