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	<title><![CDATA[One Hundred and Thirty-six]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[The canvas accepts the paint 
yet the paint itself leaves no mark. 
Brush strokes 
are rendered and disappear 
as soon as they are completed. 
The painting can be finished, 
and still, 
leave no shadow of itself 
on the canvas 
which is always blank.  

On the mat
my mind,
like the canvas,
is undisturbed;
accepting the attack,
which leaves no memory
to note its having happened.]]></body>
	<date>07-01-2009</date>
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