spring dream
(a 20-verse Nijuin)
(jo)
spring dream
that morning
we first met
a gentle lean
in young grasses
laughing
as she dips a toe
into warming waters
poached eggs
after spin class
(ha part 1)
pouring mojitos for
our picnic under
the moonlight
putting on
that negligee you like
a pink-chalk
love poem
in the driveway
a busker rebrands with
WILL ACCEPT BITCOIN
my letter marked
RETURN TO SENDER
in thick Sharpie
naming a new virus
after himself
(ha part 2)
one bookstore
still open during
the snowstorm
he snaps
the peppermint bark
in dusk light
two figures caught
in an embrace
magpies clacking
as I long for you
still room
for mooncakes
after the ten-course meal
deep in the hills
the milky way
(kyu)
an alpine stream
pulsing
to its own rhythm
their toddler
throws a tantrum
sweet perfumes
trailing behind
the Vaisakhi parade
the serendipity
of a swallow’s flight
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