sweet in black and white the oriental
chocolate nation butterfly battalions
ten million strong the honmei choco amorous
wingbeating powdertinted pant progressing
to view the cherry blossom front
survey sakura zensen all
along the parks the shrines and temples
parading as the flowerstalks stalk and stall
stealing guerilla garden pots into this lovers’ paradise
where every day is Valentine’s
concrete
wrapped carefully in silk
the paper birds
crackle in the wind
the women creaseless suppin
look on them look
hanami look into
the flower: cherry, lotus, plum.
a spring onslaught of Eastern flowers, each
chocolate-scented blossom torn between
the giri and the honmei, the form
and emotion,
1958
till White Day and Yang
counter-confectionary
1973
***
they would by Mao’s State of Grace
have kissed Kissinger crumbling
into invading feminine flood disaster
„giving birth to too many
children,” giving and giving
all living „blossoming places in this
most densely populated area.”
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