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The Origins Of The Tea Plant

by  John G.Hall

Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Word Count: 51
Summary: A Japanese myth about the meditative Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, describes how he threw his drooping eyelids to the ground in frustration at his inability to stay awake. Tea bushes sprang up where the eyelids fell. The leaves of these new bushes miraculously cured his fatigue. PS:And there was Jazz playing that morning.
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The Origins Of The Tea Plant

this morning
my soul depletes
the ozone,

my beat heart
putting down
the dots,

bacon incense
swinging smoke
while I listen,

you deep sleep
on the cool cotton
the night quenched,

your tea leaf eye-lids
unclipped by the Monk
your still day brewing.



John G.Hall(C)2005