Poem: Flower Arranging Class

They look so happy on the terrace,
bending their scissors
over bamboo and roses,
rocks and water.

Nobody will ever look through their eyes again:
cut flowers arrange cut flowers.
dharmas re-arrange dharmas.

Katy Butler
Mill Valley, California

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They look so happy on the terrace,
bending their scissors
over bamboo and roses,
rocks and water.

Nobody will ever look through their eyes again:
cut flowers arrange cut flowers.
dharmas re-arrange dharmas.

Katy Butler
Mill Valley, California

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