December 24, 2005

Pableau X. Diablo Sent Pinky This Cheerful Holiday Poem


If there's no wound on the hand,
that hand can hold poison.
Poison won't penetrate where there's no wound.
There's no evil for those who don't do it.
--Dhammapada, 9, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Pinky doesn't understand it.
It the wound were big enough,
Wouldn't the poision pour right through,
Leaving the flesh undisturbed?