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Anecdote of Men by the Thousand
The soul, he said, is composed
Of the external world.
Of the external world.
There are men of the East, he said,
Who are the East.
There are men of a province
Who are that province
There are men of a valley
Who are that valley.
Who are the East.
There are men of a province
Who are that province
There are men of a valley
Who are that valley.
There are men whose words
Are as natural sounds
Of their places
As the cackle of toucans
In the place of toucans.
Are as natural sounds
Of their places
As the cackle of toucans
In the place of toucans.
The mandoline is the instrument
Of a place.
Of a place.
Are there mandolines of western mountains?
Are there mandolines of northern moonlight?
Are there mandolines of northern moonlight?
The dress of a woman of Lhassa,
In its place,
Is an invisible element of that place
Made visible.
In its place,
Is an invisible element of that place
Made visible.
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