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Overloading the Machine
Practice, in Ink
Today a tree fell from my hand,
on count of six:exhale, the rough
taste of newsprint licked in wisps
with a sable-tongued spine.
Empty, insurgent calm swelled tall
enough to pause the tremors, until
branches leaked, and a trunk stood
on its own.
Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: "Matters
of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented,
"Matters of small concern should be treated seriously."
-- Quote from the film, "Ghost Dog"
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