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This is a second poem
I wrote after being

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invited to see one
of the greatest

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Chinese paintings of all time.

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It's called "Tea in Ryoko-in."

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"Mu Ch'i had six
persimmons for his mind.

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No one spoke of it.

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Kobori-san folded time's orange
napkin, whisked the green tea

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into the Buddhist
grail, time's tea bowl.

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We, on our cushions, smiled.

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Cool wind grazed
through the door.

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Mu Ch'i with artless art
had plucked his fruits out

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of a white eternity.

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In smoke, he outlined
them and left.

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Time sat, a waterfall
not falling.

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Were we alive?

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We saw white hibiscus
lay on the iron heart."

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