31. Alas

```

You are a complicated man;

Therefore

I do not go near you,

Alas!

He is a shallow man;

Therefore

I do not go near him,

Alas, alas!

I am an uncultured man;

Therefore

You two do not come near me,

Alas, alas, alas! ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,When I left God in Heaven, Bhakti Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1975
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