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Friday Poem (0418)

Posted by John Lynch on April 18, 2008
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Taming the Ox

Don’t lose the whip, hold onto the rope
Or he’ll buck away into the dirt.
Herded well, in perfect harmony
He’ll follow along without any constraint.

K’uo-an (trans. Stanley Lombardo)

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