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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 12, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Take these mortal incarnations
Last Line: Before they stop telling lies
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Hell; Buddha; Buddhists


Take these mortal incarnations
these comical-looking forms
with faces like the silver moon
and hearts as black as pitch
cooking pigs and butchering sheep
bragging about the flavor
dying and going to Frozen-tongue Hell
before they stop telling lies





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