A hashioki in Japan
sits front-left of dishes.
Propped on it, parallel
with the table edge,
paired tools point to the left.
I give you - the chopstick rest.
For all speech punctuating needs -
a comma’s pause,
a colon’s announcement
or as a break between courses,
be sure to re-nuzzle your twins
on their gently curved bed.
Metal cutlery clangs
or crouches on a table,
bracketing crockery with intention.
Mid-meal it may
be clattered to plate
but afterwards requires removal.
The rest, by contrast
remains for the duration.
Be it wooden, glass, porcelain
or plastic, it completes
the table tableau, a mini-divan
ready for rising from.
bw
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