...not seeking wealth or power for himself or for his family... wise...righteous...
-Dhammpada 6.84
1
the tulip
the snake
the brown earth awake
child up
2
the jasmine
the shed
the black panther, dead
child down
3
the strawberry
the snake
the severed foot boot
child rising
4
walnuts
wind lobbed
bobbing in rivers
child found
5
plums among
the wattled wasps
child silenced
6
witch hazel
marks
the return
of the larks
child sung
7
the fruit
the flood
the blood flung
thud
as foot
a child witnessed
fell from the sky
while her damage
airborne
became tulips,
walnuts,
or could have.
we don't understand
the lightness
of
flower
child
foot-stung fruit
we understand ground
not these,
hovering now,
or the bird's return
or wasp, rising
as she,
surviving,
would.
8
up
down
rising
found
silenced
sung
witnessed
won.
-Dhammpada 6.84
1
the tulip
the snake
the brown earth awake
child up
2
the jasmine
the shed
the black panther, dead
child down
3
the strawberry
the snake
the severed foot boot
child rising
4
walnuts
wind lobbed
bobbing in rivers
child found
5
plums among
the wattled wasps
child silenced
6
witch hazel
marks
the return
of the larks
child sung
7
the fruit
the flood
the blood flung
thud
as foot
a child witnessed
fell from the sky
while her damage
airborne
became tulips,
walnuts,
or could have.
we don't understand
the lightness
of
flower
child
foot-stung fruit
we understand ground
not these,
hovering now,
or the bird's return
or wasp, rising
as she,
surviving,
would.
8
up
down
rising
found
silenced
sung
witnessed
won.
