Thursday, 24 May, 2012
Volume LII Number 4
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Poetry
Mosquito Meditations
1. Koan
The mosquito whines
at me once more. Very well,
I will instruct you,
small one. Come, meditate on
the sound of one hand slapping.
2. Altered State
Having heard it once
the mosquito’s in no state
to hear it once more:
The answer to the famed koan
concerning one hand clapping.
Andrew Lansdown
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