Receptacle

And to that other receptacle 

of karmic mendicancy

life tosses alms

wholesome and detracting 

and we receive

or place the downturned hand

in courteous refusal

for some of us are children

and some ancient too

the karmic callousses in sole

and other marks of mind

will testify

of give and take 

and balance sheet

the how-far-we've-come

the how-much-more-to-go

we cannot read 

but must try:

kumatada kusalata kammeli vanne?*

* Is there reason then for procrastination

[Inspired by the photography of Chandana Wijesinghe]

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