SO EASY? - Questioning Jejune Existence

	when
	you forget dah past
	and don't worry about dah future
	life is a comfy escalator ride

	when
	yer body is healthy
	and mind challenged
	how simple it is ta be alive

	but
	when ya take a close look
	at what's happenin'
	around dah planet

	plati
	tudes cr
	ack

	simpli
	city is sm
	ashed

	what'z
	so easy about how
	we fight 'n struggle
	ta survive?


Ying:   The easiest thing is to ignore this poem.

Frida:  I can scarcely read it.

Satoru: Obscurity is a blessing since it leaves plenty of room for the imagination.

Frida:  If you look at the words closely, they seem quirky.

Satoru: [whispering to himself] Nan da, ko'ryan? [louder voice] Perhaps beauty 
        iz beyund words.


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from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A poem about the reality of suffering and universality of anguish (dukkha).
KEYWORDS: unsatisfactoriness, pervasive anxiety, facile simplification, duḥkha

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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