Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath

Right down
"full fathoms five"
a deep joy resides
with crustaceans
and anemones
and rocks collected
from early childhood.

Water bodhisattvas.
Aquasattvas.

On the bath-mat
a wet footprint
slowly evaporates.



Richard von Sturmer
Ummon's "Everyone has his own Light"
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