Just to be really awkward I think i preferred the first one! Oh, just
ignore me!
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>I Return to Deer Park
>(After Wang Wei)
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>The market is shuttered and locked for the night;
>No cry of "ripe persimmons, fresh for supper;"
>only the scurry of rats, a sudden rain.
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>The road to the hill village is deserted.
>Thunder over black peaks reverberates;
>I imagine mountains ring with laughter.
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>Remember evening's light beside the stream
>as we waited beneath damp cedar fronds
>and empty nests for the day to end.
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>Smoke drifted east as the sun returned
>to illuminate mounds of moss and toadstools;
>you and I unaware the light reflected green.
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>Crickets sang of peaches and mahogany;
>remember the wasps were quiet.
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