# Bittersweet Meditation 6-Link #Rengay (C) 2026 Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter & Moore @NaraMoore Image (c) Paul David Mena 2026 #Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #連歌 /
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Image: Photo of Buddha and cat in a Cape Cod backyard. Bittersweet has grown over them. - September 2019. Text: Bittersweet Meditation 6-Link #Rengay (C) 2026 Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter@indieauthors.social & Moore @NaraMoore Image (c) Paul David Mena 2026 Poem: morning meditation — Buddha pays no mind to the bittersweet Slowly climbing The path to enlightenment Ivy League daydreams reverberate in corridors of gleaming marble On onyx streets Walk Gods of dreams In far Shangri-la visions of conquest — the ruins of Tenochtitlan Age-old wisdom Pays no heed to time End of climbing