20

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The poet in me

Says to the weightlifter in me:

“Shame on you!

Instead of lifting inconscient metal weight,

Do you not have anything better to do?”

The weightlifter in me

Says to the poet in me:

“I pity you —

As if you have nothing better to do

Than to cry, sigh, sulk and whine!”

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Poetry: My Rainbow-Heart-Dreams, Perfection-Glory Press, Augsburg., 1993
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