!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>As with Recitation and The Loss of a Kuhi by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>As with Recitation and The Loss of a Kuhi/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé/h2> div id=”content”> p>this thieving of lovebr /> tightrope against what it means –br /> to visit the past/p> p>who is good; who wrong?br /> which brittle, yellowing build?/p> p>of old, bluing tarpaulin? /p> p>uniform as points, squares, linedbr /> instincts and numbers primed too/p> p>quiet eyes like dark opalbr /> their squircle an open seatbr /> under chestnut shade/p> p>as with basho on his mat/p> p>there he lays, small, crouchedbr /> under a low-lying cavebr /> its long, empty lake/p> p>praetoria of ruins gone/p> p>fingers curled into his palmbr /> unfurling, unclenched –/p> p>tired hope for newer days/p> br> /body> /html>
