The Vision Shop
We walked into the vision shop,
and after speaking with the sales
attendant of our needs, were told
we’d have to wait a spell before
our order was complete. As chance
would have it, that establishment
maintained a waiting place complete
with bar. We sat ourselves on backless
stools and placed our order with
the bartender. He poured a precious
liquid in a pewter mug
and set it on the bar alone.
In wonderment we watched that cup
start drinking from and of itself,
and laughed ourselves right out of dreaming.
~Son Rivers 2008
AGING PERHAPS, BUT NEVER OLD
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I do not advocate making this kind of hokku a habit, because it tends to
perpetuate the notion of the verse form as a kind of flippant game.
Nonetheless, t...
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