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"Not Leaving the House."

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When Kai is born
I quit going out,

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hang around the
kitchen make cornbread.

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Let nobody in, mail is flat.

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Masa lies on her side, Kai
sighs, Non washes and sweeps,

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we sit and watch Masa
nurse and drink green tea.

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Navajo turquoise beads over
the bed, a peacock tail feather

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at the head, a badger pelt
from Nagano-ken for a mattress

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under the sheet, a
pot of yogurt setting

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under the blankets at his feet

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Masa, Kai, and Non our friend.

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In the green garden
light reflected in,

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not leaving the house from
dawn till late at night,

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making a new world of
ourselves around this life.

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