Reading a Line of Chinese Poem
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Up high
the cold-
ness is
more
than I
can
bear
So I rise
to dance
with
my
lonely
shadow
wild
The self:
a poem
motionless
in time
wordless
in dream
like birds
flying
or moon
climbing
the Night tree
step by
step
leaf by
leaf
memory
by memory
....
what's far
is near
what matters
becomes
clear
---2004
