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AFTER IKKYU: 6 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: SHOJU SAT ALL NIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD
Last Line: HE AROSE, PEED, AND ATE BREAKFAST.
Subject(s): ZEN BUDDHISM;
Shoju sat all night in the graveyard
among wolves who sniffed his Adam's apple.
First light moving in the air
he arose, peed, and ate breakfast.



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