[ The Heart As A Drum ] Poem by Zyw Zywa
[ The Heart As A Drum ]
The heart as a drum,
and the mouth as a trumpet:
that's a human life.
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Poem by the Zen-monk Muso Soseki (1274-1351) , included in the 1986 collection 'Japanese Death Poems', compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: 'Thus have I rolled my life throughout / inside and out, reclined, upright / What is all this? / A beating drum / a trumpet's blare / No more' --- Collection 'Thinkles Lusionless'
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