Bian He’s Jade Disk

It’s still out there. It’s not lost.
Not to those who know it well.
Lü was wrong. It’s not more crude

Than the Dao. The Way is crude,
Like all ways that men have made,
Cut through hills with veins of jade.

No king can cut off the feet
Of one born with no feet, hey?
You can’t find jade in a stone

You don’t hold. Sit by the Way
With us, not on it. Get off
Course and rest on this flat rock

Next to us. It’s a good perch,
Hey? Good views of sky and dust.
What did you say? Yes, that’s jade.