From A Hundred Gourds

A sparrow, a dandelion and the mist...from last year's A Hundred Gourds, issue 2.4.

sipping stale coffee the same sparrow as yesterday

even before i could wish you were gone dandelion

loneliness-

each peak wrapped

in its own mist

 Santoka says:

if I sell my rags
and buy some sake
will there still be loneliness... 

Santoka