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Re: The Sad Turtle by Jack Kerouac

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by: Will-Dockery - Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:16 UTC

> Ironywaves wrote:
> The Sad Turtle by Jack Kerouac
>
> In the ocean there=92s a very sad turtle
> (Even tho the SS Mainline Fishin Ship
> is reeling in the merit like mad)
> Swims longmouthed & sad, looking
> for the Impossible Except Once
> afternoon when the Yoke, Oh,
> the old Buddha Yoke set a-floatin
> is in the water where the turtle raises
> his be-watery snop to the sea
> and the Yoke yokes the Turtle
> a Eternity --
> "Tell me O Bhikkus
> what are the chances
> of such a happening
> for the turtle is old
> and the yoke free
> and the 7 oceans bigger
> than any we see
> in this tiny party."
> Chances are slender --
> In a million million billion kotis
> of Aeons and Incalculables. Yes,
> the Turtle will set that Yoke free,
> but till then, harder yet
> are the chances, for a man
> to be reborn a man
> in this Karma earth
>
> - Jack Kerouac "Mexico City Blues"

A Jack Kerouac poem I rarely see online.

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