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Watching ... watching
expecting to see and
no ... just watching.

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Unraveling
cherry blossoms
... perhaps, my neglect.

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A fifth of May
the forty-ninth
... by ev'ry sense, otherworldly.

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Beat, breath, memories
sounds of nothing
... everything.

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Again, much like the rest
but yes, it matters
yes ... again, yes.

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Taking tender care
to feel with every toe
of every step.

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A clock
pecking, chipping, counting
nothing of moment.

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Heaven
in a tip, tip, drip of rain -
the hell of waking.

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Listening -
wonders without "for"
... just listening.

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Tint and ping
moment's whiff, brush and savor -
say it ... say it.

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Miracle of a lover's graces -
the grace of they
who see only miracles.

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Ecstasy of moment
and no wish to name the rain
... damn.

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... and I must this thing
to itself and true -
a single and severe moment.

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Bare dreaming maples
lean eastward to spring -
must seem the proper thing.

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Chaotic crackles
of snowflakes at recess -
sleeping alders.

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Wandering and wondering eyes -
tiny whispered prayers
of landing snowflakes.

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365 Tao Day 004 "Reflection":

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Paying no mind
finally, I join black dragonflies
flitting under moonless stars.

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365 Tao Day 001 "Beginning":

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By my eyes,
my face silvered and shadowed
... My Moon.

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