Monday, June 29, 2009

A white moth shoots past

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A white moth shoots past

as if blown
from goldenrod to grass,

and on the path a leaf lies,
yellow, a fallen wing.

Just this morning
I too was flying

like the leaf
that had been carrying the poplar

on its back
as ants do

that lift
their own weight times one thousand.




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