Thanks Sheila.
Bill
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 8:56 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> This is very pure and good, Bill. Spiritually vibrant.
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:13 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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