!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Sea Salt: A Villanelle by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé /title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Sea Salt: A Villanelle/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé /h2> div id=”content”> p> The script of two brothers and a bargainbr /> The script of turkey ham or leg of lambbr /> The script of Hermes and another descent /p> p>The script of fables before winnowingbr /> The script of the old man as clairvoyantbr /> The script of ghouls at the threshold/p> p>The script of a hand mill made of maplebr /> The script of buckwheat and oats and ryebr /> The script of peas and nuts and millet/p> p>The script of grinding out happinessbr /> The script of new lights and field cornbr /> The script of the secret on a pint of ale/p> p>The script of Cain drowned in herringbr /> The script of Constantinople in a frescobr /> The script of the world’s barter of souls/p> p>The script of grief like a redder sorghumbr /> The script of us as anonymous skippersbr /> The script of salt and a boat sinkingbr /> The script of the sea and its taste of tears/p> br> /body> /html>