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Gracious Networks
(after Li Ho)

seated on the terrace
as the stars plummet
into the darkening pool

an unidentified figure
sips from a glass
mid-life slips away

migrant birds proclaim
change hibiscus blossoms
bleed into the soil

long neglect lies ahead
but certain words
never quite forgotten

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I shudder
it must be me
think for yourself
work things out
the person I am
does some
thing
with a body
I listen
I forget half the time
to listen to
the words
to one side of the question
I clap my hand to my mouth
smoke drifts between fingers