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Yang Chu’s Poem 456

Duane Locke

“Master, is it better to let go,
Or to hold on?”

“What are you holding?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know,”

“No, I don’t know.”

“Well, don’t let go,
And don’t keep it.”

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This appears in a pre-2010 issue
of cc&d magazine.
Saddle-stitched issues are no longer
printed, but you can requesting it
“re-released” through amazon sale
as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book!
Email us for re-release to order.