Café Senryu i Upmarket café— looks like I’m the only one without a gym pass. ii At the next table two well-manicured women whining and dining. iii For a bigger buzz the mating flies plunge into my cappuccino! Pond Tanka 1 Fish Leaf Silvery and svelte, a sodden bamboo leaf lifts and lilts like a koi from the bottom of the pond on the current of the hose. 2 Greetings Near nightfall, the koi rise up and touch their foreheads to the pond’s surface the way Maori touch…
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