Parading

Come quickly—as soon as

these blossoms open,
these blossoms open,
these blossoms open,
they fall.
they fall.
This world exists
This world exists
as a sheen of dew on flowers. —Izumi Shikibu, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani
as a sheen of dew on flowers.
—Izumi Shikibu, translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani

atoms

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