Spellbound

[ryokan]

:o Silent now on the Japanee Bridge wovenwistaria aroma so sweet lily pond alive with flying flitting things uncondemned with wordspells knells of dwelling in the blind smokey city where n'er a Natural thing can peek up through the paving raving havering day display all its wonders to behold and spellbound a populace so willing wellschooled while still the air sweeter with lilac and rose in Monet's Garden Rodin walked here just 2 generations ago below there is lilyflower and yonder a peach tree is fruiting its golden orbs as the south breeze arises to set it all in motion a potion that Vico's soul must feel there all alone in his high tower seeing all this ages ago when no one would attend to his divine words Brancusi's favor the least of the faute ways treading carefully thus not to offend when bending o'er the rail so thick with flower whitelavender to hold a peach in reverence before plucking its languid generosity and beholding the blush of the newborn we have the ancient world to thank for this blessing beyond the mad Aryan rush down the hillsides into the gentle plain how could they know being pastoral nomads who had not a "thing" to their being was enough for the warmvalley borne
as we will be again one day mark these words Thimble mark harken
to this sound wound out on winds
so fulsome now how blessed this retreat aster petals flutter down into the green green water aflutter