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Allen Qing Yuan-II


Buddha Beads

 

 

17 spheres conceived by the flesh of earth and water

each

to keep myself restrained by good faith

 

rich cocoa coconut shells, albeit grazes and nicks,

each a whim

weathered and dropping

 

yet so creamy like euphony from the lips

each a whim or wish

unspoken but powerfully recited

 

inscribed with mini-mighty Buddhas

each a whimsical wish

to be enshrined and embraced

 

the stretchy wire coiled through and up into delicate loops

each a dying whimsical wish

heading towards where they’re all tied up

 

the carvings of Asian depictions

each a deflated dying whimsical wish

for luck to somehow hang around my hands

 

 

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