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| The Onsen Range Seen from Amakusa (1922) Kawase Hasui |
if you want me to be your teacher I will
but know this
I do not work for free
the price of my instructions
is your heart and your liver
which I shall eat from the pan
fried and hard while you watch me
and I will not offer a taste to you
settle down
it is time for the first lesson to begin
james jee jobe
in the fourth and fifth months
the leaves return
reborn
the flowers bud and bloom
who am I
I have no new color for spring
and I have no words worthy
of being carved in stone
james lee jobe
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| Kawase Hasui - Japanese Woodblock |
as I write this
it has been nine months
since my son died
I am reminded that
it also took nine months
for him to be born
life
death
sometimes these cycles
and patterns are like a bomb
blowing up in my heart
but sometimes they are a gift
remember that part too
james lee jobe
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