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| 5 10 15 20 | A withered mushroom stood lonely in the desert sun the old poet cast his shiny eyes wondering why the mushroom had grown brown and black in places from those distant places pristine thoughts of timelessness exhumed themselves from the poet's mind approaching from the rear the old man dragged his sun-heated body lazily as if the flesh and bones were separate the old man quickened his pace while the desert sand groaned under his feet he gazed the immense distance spread itself before him frightfully his visionary spirit perceived a timeless region of youth and age he hung his head and was silent. |
Khasu, Kona. “The Mushroom and the Poet.” The Seeds of Time: A Collection of Poems. Mimeographed typescript. Monrovia, 1971. 12.
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| 4 | cast his shinny eyes | cast his shiny eyes |
| 9 | exumed themselves from the poet's mind | exhumed themselves from the poet's mind |
| 13 | the old man quicken his pace | the old man quickened his pace |
