XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Julian wrote:   
   > liaM wrote:   
   >   
   >> I gave 10 Euros to a beggar who biked to France   
   >> all the way from Latvia.  Scarfing fast foods is no   
   >> way to live.  Praise goes to the biking beggar.   
   >   
   >   
   >Gave 10 Euros?   
   >   
   >Paid, more like, to use him as an anecdote.   
      
   Seeing people, beggars,   
   standing on street-corners to make a living,   
   I used to wonder about the places where free food is.   
      
   When I found a place, and kept their card at hand,   
   all the beggars suddenly disappeared.   
      
   Reality can be a strange phenomenon   
   full of strange phenomena.   
      
   Now, seeing all the homeless and beggars,   
   I may tell myself a story of sorts.   
      
   Perhaps it is about them.   
   Yet probably it is more about me.   
      
   When I was sleeping under bridges, it wasn't all bad.   
   Yet, for me, it was the same as a regular job.   
      
   Then, when I got a regular job,   
   sleeping under bridges reminded me,   
   how, as Tang may suggest, it's all the same.   
      
   - flying of kites   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)