FINIF

since this is a new form of art                 01

to finish is what i'm to attend                  02

and end as i might start                          03

I'll begin as i might as well end               04

you might not know where to go            05

because this poem is unclear                 06

as you may finally know                          07

but it isn't what it'll appear                     08

you might get on the wrong track          09

underestimating what i will say              10

with a poem written forward back          11

deceiving you as I may                          12

meant as something worthwhile            13

or is it really a metaphor                         14

like the one of the similar style               15

is just a poem written backwards for     16

[STOP!! NOW READ THE LINES OF THIS POEM FROM 16 to 1]

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copyright 1999, a taoist city monk (nagasiva yronwode)