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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 41 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THOSE WHO LEAVE HOME NOWADAYS
Last Line: FLUNKIES IN THE END
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DISAPPOINTMENT; FOOLS; MONKS; IDIOTS;

Those who leave home nowadays
turn out to be fools at heart
at first they seek liberation
then run errands instead
visiting laymen all day long
chanting and acting solemn
earning money for wine
flunkies in the end



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