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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 33 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WE SLIP INTO TIENTAI CAVES
Last Line: AND GOING FOR A LONG LONG TIME
Subject(s): CAVES; CHINESE LITERATURE; DISAPPOINTMENT; HELL; CAVERNS;

We slip into Tientai caves
we visit people unseen
me and my friend Cold Mountain
eat magic mushrooms under the pines
we talk about the past and present
and sigh at the world gone mad
everyone going to Hell
and going for a long long time



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