On Lunar New Year

Eat something sweet. Neither cut
your hair nor trim in half

the noodles in the soup. Swap out
the sad-looking fruit in the bowl;

buy some plump Satsumas. Decorate
a plate with orange sections,

a spoonful of rich blood stew,
a fragrant mound of rice. Lay this

offering on the counter before
pictures of those who've gone

ahead. Isn't it marvelous they've
retained an appetite for things in this

world? May we who've known the labor
of life have such abundance.

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