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Buddha made of wood

by  John G.Hall

Posted: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Word Count: 56
Summary: the karma calculator..




Buddha made of wood

Buddha made of wood
curled inside the grain,
a head asleep in hands
cupped around a brain.

A folded origami frog
bent back on himself,
polished by my palm
to a cedar prayer-ball.

Counted by fingers once
a single rosary's decade,
an ancient abacus asked
to solve an infinite sum.



John G.Hall(C)2004