LARGE LITTLE CIRCLE

Recently I met a friend for the first time in 8 years

For 8 years he told his wife I said certain things which,
all that time, I attributed to him

...some insight or other, more or less accurately phrased...

"WE'RE ALL THE SAME PERSON"

Which is something another friend said. It's sometimes
attributed to me.

-Lew Welch (1957?)

Avocado

The Dharma is like an Avocado!
Some parts so ripe you can't believe it,
But it's good.
And other places hard and green
Without much flavor,
Pleasing those who like their eggs well-cooked.

And the skin is thin,
The great big round seed
In the middle,
Is your own Original Nature-
Pure and Smooth,
Almost nobody ever splits it open
Or ever tries to see
If it will grow.

Hard and slippery,
It looks like
You should plant it-but then
It shoots out thru the
fingers-
gets away.

--Gary Snyder