“The Universe, the Mind of God”
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The leech that falls from trees in Nippon sucks
From animals and humans blood. This leech
Falls down and finds the flesh and then tucks
In, nursing dinner. Does the Buddha reach
Out mind-wise, noting fall and blood? Will He
Count falling leeches and each drop of blood?
The Father notes each sparrow. No prayed plea
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Does He require to hear the feathered thud.
The sparrow isn’t greater in the mind
Of throned Jehovah than the leech. They both,
The leech and bird, are God’s. He isn’t blind
To hunger and to death. His great Shabuoth
Includes the rule, “Thou shalt not kill” and so
He marks each one, no matter, high or low.
~ Phillip Whidden