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Burma October 2007—Again?
Hatred never ceases by hatred,
but by love alone
this is an ancient law.
—Dhammapada
500 B.C.E.
Saffron Lotus floats gently
I
don't ask how,
on calm crimson waters,
knowing
so little,
of pond creatures
only
watched them
waiting to gorge
this
unexpected feast
under gently unblinking sky,
saffron
wave swells and breaks
black gun barrels spit
a
panicked harvest.
I wonder how
they
may lose their appetite
such fare as blood fattened fish
for
others well fed and uniformed
is so sacred a sacrifice
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