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The Long Walk Home: a Poem and a Translation
by Joe Lamport Ueno Jakugen Now here’s a Great thing about An artist’s love For the universe: It’s wild and Indiscriminate And it can be Expressed in An infinitude Of ways It can hold Dominion In the slightest Change of An orchid’s pallor From day to day And when you Open yourself To the world’s majesty You hear it too In the bird’s Vigorous chirp And the raindrops Tapping on your shoulder So I’ll let the first Nen Take care of itself tonight On the long walk home While the r
Jan 5, 20181 min read
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