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Author's Note: 100 word drabbles inspired by a daily meditation from the dailyzen website.
July 13, 2008
Moonlight and the sound of pines
Are things we all know
Zen mind and delusion
Distinguish sage and fool
Go back to the place
Where not one thought appears
How shall I put this
Into words for you?
- Han-shan Te-ch'ing (1546-1623)
She only caught one word out of every twenty. He was talking about fruit. At least she thought he was talking about fruit. She had heard the word "orange". And the words "solar power".
She did her best to blank out the never-ending stream of words as she stared at the dark house they were watching. The wind whipped through leaves shimmering in the moon's light.
When he stiffened like a pointer on the scent, she paid attention to every word ripped from him.
And when it proved to be a false alarm, she stared, silent, into the street again.