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“that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind” quote by Ikkyu — Download Open image

““that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind””

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