the image

the image

on the back of this wind,
an image must be carved -
all else is preparation for it,
this flesh, this learning,
birth, death and suffering,

this is no soft wax,
and the chisel may blunt -
it must be whetted often
against water and dust

time slips through -
the chisel splits
and must be cast away -

another birth may have to be taken,
since the image must be carved,

for whom ? why ? exactly what image ?
ask not

on the back of this wind ------


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