View from Mt. Fuji

View from Mt. Fuji
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“The mountain rises
Almost to heaven”
—Tu Fu, “Visiting the
Monastery at Lung-men”

Echo of Tu Fu—
The irony of Japan
Mushroom Cloud Kingdom

Sitting by the Pool—
Jaded by Edo TV
Fukushima News

Tsunami flooding—
Hiroshima rumblings
Earthquake eruptions

Nobody believes—
In anything they say
And neither do I
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Sun-faced Buddha dawn—
Moon-faced Buddha evening
Dharma holds its breath

Men are like dead pigs—
They stink and wallow in mud
Then comes barbecue

Buried out of sight—
A lotus from Buddha’s loins
Zazen mushroom cloud

Rulers plot and scheme—
And then suddenly they die
Plotting in their plots
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They have dirty minds—
Then one day they wake up dead
The dirt wants them back

Parrots live with us—
They entertain us with words
Language in our cage

Flourishing talent—
Something I lack completely
What’s the right technique?

My heart’s not in it—
I’d rather take a nice nap
Enlightenment can wait
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But sometimes Ka-plunk!—
A frog jumps into a pond
The pigeons go coo-coo

Silence is broken—
The deep empty Pool ripples
Fukushima nukes!

A lonely gestalt—
Fuji and Fukushima
Nagasaki Inc.