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Tt'rmrm, ... All Ulms Zen- Uuowing young kids io the mud becaw they
can't an- their Glly wxd quertiwr.'
"That's becaw UKy went tkm to dire mud ir better than womb, boy.' But 1
rm't rsrrye tk mn (win ay) brilliance of dl laphy'l wwa md corn*
and eomeolu with which he had me on pins and needle dl Ihe time ad dld
eventually stick something in my crystal hesd Ulat made me change my pbs in
life.*
Kemuac trh e g Snyder's intqmmion of tk k m mahod ha ttnt evening with
the chef in a Chinae mnumt, who responds to the q&an M y did Mhidhnnna
mm h m the W e uvim "I dm't cam,' raid UK old wok, with lidded eyes. and 1 told
laphy uld he said. 'Prrkft answer, bloluWy prfsct. Now you Lww whlt I me~n by
Zcn,..xm
Kcmur composed his own k m to ~Ndy. In 1I~tlL.r to Gary Snydo; Kemuac
T h c h night I bid a mmaW self-hypnotist trance and &=mind U) fud out
tkCWTMdtk~~~fIhe~Id'I~oe.ltameoutinUeformof~on~,one
of a reed becaning P baby u l stad into my duk eyelids, the oUla vv a bat
*tick. lk thine therefom em Wrc this:
THE CURE OF THE WORLD'S WOE IS A BENT STICK
Tth win be my Koan. (Did y~ybady ew inwt his o w Loen?) It's a pip, sint it?
So I watt out in the yard md gathered 3 or 4 bent *. like boanaangr, right
angle organic me slicks not furniture pikes...."'
Irk Kemmc, lmer to Guy Snyder (Mill Valley, CA: May, 1956). in Jack
Kemwc. SeIKIcdLenerr. p. 583.