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How do we find unity with all living beings?
SQUIRREL
On the road a squirrel
dead
this is what my husband
said:
All that breathes will soon lie
there
fear of death lays all hearts
bare
gift of life unbroken
shared
we weep and pray to be
spared
all that breathes is one day
still
despite our strength despite our
will
we both know life, we both know
fear
the veil between us, thin and
clear
we touch the web that binds us
all
the living rise, the living
fall
lifeless squirrel to him
forebode
we're all soon dead on our own
road