Lao-Tse Prepares a Verdict

Nothing of what I say
may deviate the fall of a leaf.
A word will not
detain another one.
It's useless for me to dedicate
a truth to these listeners:
they will turn it into pieces.
From its pieces Lao-Tse will be born.

copyright 2006 Luis Benitez
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