Pian Shu, PhD

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The Four Noble Truths
(苦·集·灭·道)

Spring 2023


Sadness is the Echo of        …love.
          A quiet string, perturbed         by
          incessant needs


The inquisitive one hops to avoid Disturbance
        The timid drowns in their own tears, (O’ how delicious!)
The eloquent demands Silent acquiescence...
                All this to entertain a crowd that
                minds nobody’s business


Voices leaving space, leaving shores behind
        Crashes: crumble;
              ripples: Ripple!                And dusts...

...settle.


While a moon, stays stationery,

            up    , in the high sky,

gushing about how all this time: sadness is just —
                                            Love