The Monk and the Labyrinth

In a circular granite temple, a muskrat-monk awaits pilgrims.

Various creatures bring him their death poems, condensed lifetimes of wisdom, and glimpses of the beyond. They entrust these scrolls to the monk, whose duty it is to burn their prayers so they are heard in the Otherworld.

Only instead of burning these verses, he keeps them, reads them, then places them in a miniature labyrinth.

At the core of this maze is an empty space. You see, he has no poem of his own with which to greet his own death.

This comic is both funny and philosophical, quirky and evocative.

And you, thoughtful reader, and invited to enter in.