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A Triptych Haiku | Poem

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A Triptych Haiku
from Yinsing
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don't treat us like death
lying on the dying bed
when we're most alive

treat us like we die
while yet hale and hardy
when we're most alive

posterity is
for the living and the dead
bud blossom and seed

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