The Leaden Sutra

He was said to have been an arhat.
Maybe he was. He seemed very
Placid inside, large as existence,
Empty, eternal...until he was shot
In the gut by the road. Then he
Ceased to be all of these things.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2019-12-16 at 23:33

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