Buddha's Second Helping Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Buddha's Second Helping

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Buddha Sakyamuni ate wild boar for compassion,
for passage through an Enlightened One
enhances the next-life prospects of a boar.
The boar,
I mean, the Buddha,
thought, 'I like that.
I'd like more,
to make those boarish prospects soar.'

Saturday, May 14, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: buddha,food,religion
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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