Once Upon a Time: Stories & Poems of the Dharma
Spring 2013 Vol. 29 #2
Spring 2013 Vol. 29 #2
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Sediment, thick-grained, wet,
clogs in the folds of it,
weighing down the velvet of it,
drenching its satin lining, warping
and rusting it where wood and
metal meet to open or to close.
Such a battered box of a heart,
pungent with mildew, dingy
with weather and time, stiff
in its hinges; what will be
made of it when it is placed
on the scales, the great, wet
weight of it measured against
a feather?
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