I Have Answers
But the questions remain.
A little pepper, some salt,
butter. Our rosemary needs pruning
and the music’s too loud
to hear. The lizard basks in sunlight
eight minutes old, but I forget to ask
what else we need. Or want. Just this,
she says. Red, like your favorite sky,
the in-between, the misplaced one.
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O at the Edges 
*Red, like your favorite sky,*
is one of my all time favorite Okaji lines!
Love the reading, too!
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Thank you, Ms. H! One of these days I’ll get back to recording. I’ve been distracted lately…
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There are too many brilliant Okaji-sensei lines to really keep track of. I feel like I get to lead a deeper, second life within these poems/haibun, enter into a secret world of feathers and dishes…
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Ha! My secret world of dishes has diminished lately, but in that diminishing I’ve found opportunity! As for the feathers…
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Beautiful simple and powerful! ❤️
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Thank you, Paula!
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The in-between, the misplaced ones…. What happens after they get misplaced? Can it be corrected?
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I believe that misplacement can sometimes be an improvement.
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Yeah sure like the” better luck sometimes”
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The music is way too loud. (K)
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Some do not understand that volume is NOT the answer!
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