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Lotus flowers

Swine gobble dead men's flesh.
Men gobble dead pigs' guts.
Swine do not disdain the smell of men.
Men even talk about the scent of pork.

But –
Should a pig die – it is cast into the water.
Should a man die – the soil is dug to hide him.
Then –
Neither finds the one or the other to his taste.
Yet –
Lotus flowers will live in boiling water!

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