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a street party dish
fish and chips in newspaper
get yesterday's news!
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get yesterday's news
in compost, never regret
this cherry blossom
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this cherry blossom
sakura of fleeting pink
falls a samurai
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falls a samurai
falls a sword, and our blacksmith
makes spades, hoes and forks
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makes spades, hoes and forks
off like the thief he has been
repent not but move
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repent not but move
on beyond the apple grove
to cherry blossoms
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to cherry blossoms
I letter in softest fude
this, a human life
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this, a human life
a phantasmagoria
and a human life
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and a human life
the kaleidoscope rotates
with a human life
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with a human life
blossom does not drift again
to lose innocence
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to lose innocence
Glittered breasts peacock feathered
androgynous rhythms
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androgynous rhythms
we two bound by one body
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Hermaphroditus
What joy to the temple god
all comers welcome
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all comers welcome
to heat or cold in rooms with
loneliness spiders
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loneliness spiders
If not by stealth or blind
it not be a trap
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it not be a trap
the web she fashions nightly
but morning's lacework
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but morning's lacework
winking a glass of promise
and indeed why not?
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and indeed why not?
if the window beads with dew
wear dawn's new necklace
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wear dawn's new necklace
tides ebbing from night harbours
masts clink on the strand
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mast clink on the strand
the Jack Tars stagger aboard
happy, penniless
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Happy, penniless
at Huanhua, with thatch
Yan Wu builds my peace



(might be taking liberties talking about DuFu)
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Yan Wu builds my peace
Oblique stems of bamboo
Grey and blue water
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Grey and blue water
a generational mix
air itself changes
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air itself changes
with flame breathing cyclamen
borders winter spring
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borders winter spring
still the pink of the blackbird
at dusk from the scrub
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