tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114462722011-04-21T19:17:07.994-07:00dlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157844281792997190noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11446272.post-1142685118830390572006-03-18T04:31:00.000-08:002006-03-18T04:31:58.843-08:009.<br /><br />If you drink too much, you get drunk.<br />The engine won't start <br />if you're always tinkering with it.<br /><br />If you hoard wealth,<br />you fall into its clutches.<br />If you crave success,<br />you succumb to failure.<br /><br />Do what you have to do, <br />then walk away.<br />Anything else will drive you nuts.<br /><br />The Tao Te Ching<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">a modern interpretation of Lao Tzu</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11446272-114268511883039057?l=imdle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157844281792997190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11446272.post-1110831882414799512005-03-14T12:24:00.000-08:002005-03-14T12:25:51.530-08:00<img class="floatRightClear" src="http://img50.exs.cx/img50/4266/ben86vc.gif" height="114" width="138" alt="img" /><br />I will slip a rice stalk on your wrist<br />a jade bracelet sounds of crickets a leave of grass<br />a flame of skin and flesh<br />drowned in a pair of pinkish nipples<br /><br />I will drape around your neck<br />the mysterious necklace of night<br /><br />the clear bells of autumn<br />tremble as the city flies back towards the sky<br /><br />I will drape on your chest<br /><br />a tempest <br /><br />Linh Dinh translates Thanh Thao<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11446272-111083188241479951?l=imdle.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157844281792997190noreply@blogger.com2