"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Brilliant Ciphers
I paused the day At a small diner Where I ate apple pie And vanilla ice cream Read Frank O'Hara And listened to "Duke of Earl" I thought That the sum total of all our experiences Made us Brilliant ciphers
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