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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 37, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Drunk on delusion greed and anger
Last Line: You learn to turn to yourself
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Greed; Pain; Prisons & Prisoners; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Buddha; Buddhists; Avarice; Cupidity; Suffering; Misery; Convicts
First Line: Drunk on delusion greed and anger
Last Line: You learn to turn to yourself
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Greed; Pain; Prisons & Prisoners; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Buddha; Buddhists; Avarice; Cupidity; Suffering; Misery; Convicts
Drunk on delusion greed and anger
dazed and unaware
you turn money into a dream
a dream that becomes an iron jail
using one pain to get rid of another
you never get rid of pain
unless you learn before it's too late
you learn to turn to yourself
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