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The Self Still Rules (double haiku)

Posted on November 15, 2018 by CarmineDeMarco
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I’m meditating!
Then, after that, feeling proud.
The Self reigns supreme.

“Congratulate me!”
The Self rules even where it’s
not supposed to be.

(January 16, 2017)

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