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Five Household Statues of Buddha

Atlantic, The,  December, 2006  by Dick Allen

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>The bronze Buddha in our living room, his eyes closed, his hands resting comfortably against his inside thighs— what does he mean to tell me about the river heron? And the green sleeping Buddha stretched out upon his side along our poetry bookcase, serene as a watch fob in his stylized pose— what is he saying about the price of all good things? What is the black Buddha saying, sitting on the mantelpiece as ...