BARDO
BARDO THÖDOL
In a play last night the question
was asked: Would you return to
your body after making the passage
to the otherside if you had the choice?
The AIDS ridden protagonist struggled
Like Hamlet he had suffered the whips &
scorns of time enough thankyouverymuch
With no desire to be plunged back into a
perpetual state of loss But return did he
Buddhists & Hindus believe that the last
thought at the moment of death determines
the next incarnation And Proverbs xxiii 7
suggests: As a man thinks in his heart so is he
There is a vast system of ravines & underground
rivers in Toronto where last thoughts ricochet
landing in the hearts of lost travellers
DON’T GET LOST THINK BIG Heaven is close to
Bathurst St. Wrong turns are frowned upon
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Fall 2013
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