"…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)
Friday, July 4, 2008
And Another Day Ends
Tamales and a Corona and the company of friends ends the day. Fireworks are crackling in the night. A police helicopter sweeps back and forth overhead. Distant sirens play their symphonies. The windows are open and the laughter and conversation of the streets rises and falls. Life is good. Goodnight. Dream well.
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