Poetry and Other Musings

Crossing the Bridge

A queue wrapped around itself
like a stack of white dominoes
waiting to be knocked down,
each person waiting to meet Meng Po1
to drink her elixir before
moving on to the next life.


1Lady of Forgetfulness – the women you meet on the Reincarnation Bridge to drink her Five Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness, so you would not remember your past lives before entering the cycle.

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