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Grace Cavalieri
Grace Cavalieri
December 29, 2014

LEARNING FROM BUDDHA

The cat likes to lick
a piece of butter
at the end of a knife
propped up by the window
so he can watch the birds
today I forgot the butter and the knife
he didn't care
he knows
some days
there are no birds.
 
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Grace Cavalieri

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