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Peter Levitt
from One Hundred Butterflies
Broken Moon Press, 1992, 110 pp.

The bell
speaks
for itself

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Listen!
The long bell
of her robes
against the grass

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In my garden
even the tallest sunflower
bows

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Tall grasses
have much to teach
the bowed head of man

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No life but this one
Tall grasses
bow in the wind

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Though she is deaf
that girl sees prayers
whisper in the trees

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four hundred hairs of a brush
paint one bamboo leaf
the stroke lasts ten thousand years

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It's easy to die.
Just give your breath
back to the trees
an the wind

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within each petal
the sound of rain

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Before falling to the scythe
the weeds
enjoy a little breeze

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