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Great Masters

 

All our Great Masters said it:

Namu Amida Butsu!

It seems a good thing to say.

Honen and Shinran said it.

Why shouldn't Marcus say it?

Namu Amida Butsu!

The Vow, the Power, the Land.

The point of his existence,

The answer to his problems,

The ultimate goal in life.

The sun blazing in the sky

In its Brazilian glory.

 

Marcus Cumberlege, 2001

Ekō 91

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