“Barefooted and naked of breast,
I mingle with the people of the world.
My clothes are ragged and dust-laden,
and I am ever blissful.
I use no magic to extend my life;
Now, before me, the dead trees become alive.”

(Nyogen Senzaki/ Paul Reps in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones)
Liège (B)

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“A Candy Lion’s very good,
Because he cannot bite,
Nor wander roaring for his food,
Nor eat up folks at night.”

(E. Farwell Brown in The candy lion)
Dison (B)

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“O Sprengen des Gartens, das Grün zu ermutigen!
Wässern der durstgen Bäume! Gib mehr als genug. Und
Vergiß nicht das Strauchwerk, auch
Das beerenlose nicht, das ermattete
Geizige! Und übersieh mir nicht
Zwischen den Blumen das Unkraut, das auch
Durst hat. Noch gieße nur
Den frischen Rasen oder den versengten nur:
Auch den nackten Boden erfrische du.”

(Bertolt Brecht in “Vom Sprengen des Gartens”)
Spa (B)

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“Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
Come in, she said
I’ll give ya shelter from the storm”

(Bob Dylan in Shelter from the Storm)
Grâce-Hollogne (B)

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