After Eurydice
No white tiger
to come back
the white tiger
painted white
to come back
white as paper
white as Sunday
and white as
snow that falls
on the blue tigers
to come back
near the blue
waterfalls
to come back
and behind them
the red flowers
to come back
keening for the sun
the sun is water
the sun is black
to come back
listen to me
to come back
the white tiger
painted white
to come back
white as paper
white as Sunday
and white as
snow that falls
on the blue tigers
to come back
near the blue
waterfalls
to come back
and behind them
the red flowers
to come back
keening for the sun
the sun is water
the sun is black
to come back
listen to me
After Guan Guan
under moonlight
the sleeping blossoms
shadows lengthened
there was a lake
a lake of mud
this was the ground
a ground of lotus
and now this room
once rooms of marsh
somewhere near here
there was a pond
was it really a pond
that is now a pond
that is now a house
once a house of lotus
After Du Fu
No emptiness
takes leave
time passes
the speaker
is erased
no absence fills
with memory
everyone is
the same
everyone only
lonely
After Han Shan
No emptiness
takes leave
time passes
the speaker
is erased
no absence fills
with memory
everyone is
the same
everyone only
lonely
After Han Shan
in Shanghai
no trains
no buses
no horses
the way is clear
there is no path
dark clouds
point at nothing
the wind says
Don’t stop!
I have eaten
enough today
it rains again
because I’m thirsty
see you someday
in the mountains
absolutely transporting, Rob! I will visit Eurydice.
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