a glass mug, a paper cup --
life is fast, art slow
_____
only a few years
before all that I am blows
free, subatomic
______
not for me that life
the careless joy of the dog
not for me that leap
_____
how to say
beautiful weekend
in chinese?
_____
is "weekend" a concept
in China?
______
rose petals fell
and the wine uncorked itself
for our pleasure...
______
what comfort
do you not give me
little cat?
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wheatfield bleached near blond
light licking the Luberon
and the sea beyond
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the cherry orchard
harvested but for one tree
found that afternoon
_____
yesterday I saw a fox
then saw
it was a deer
all year
I have been mistaking
the hunted
for hunter
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for the lilacs the bees
for the maples the jays
for the locust the chickadee
for the lavendar the butterfly
for the bleeding heart the ruby throat
for my lips your tanned throat
______
in mandarin
The Little Szechuan Place
in english
Shangri-La
this modest joint
serves taiwanese home cooking
pigs' ears, beef rolls, doughnuts
for dipping in soy milk
_____
air thick
with lilac
the strong sun liquefying
the street
_____
mosquito whine
dinnertime
______
mourning dove at evening
and the ancients thought Venus
two stars equally bright
at morning and evening
doubling the source
of day's beauty
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your plum lips
your slim hips
fingertips
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and while I was not thinking
the lake rolled on
and while I was thinking
on a soft summer day sitting by the lake
I missed the lake
_____
with my swizzle stick
and my scissor kick
I'm set for summer
drinks on the deck
and dives from the dock
the main halyard's new
nylon white and blue
the old mainsail's patched
no mice in the hatch
let's cast off from the dock
and break out the bock
set sail for Split Rock
_____
reached for a raspberry
got a nettle
forgot the stove flame
burnt the old kettle
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caffe latte -- "caf
or decaf?" little choices
of an afternoon
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