Kneeling at the tokonoma, you drew a jade parrot
from your sleeve. My hand did not tremble as I
stirred tea. Your mouth pulled down when you drank.
I gave you my Raku pot, an English spoon, a blood
orange. You dropped the parrot in the snow when you left.
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