Japanese Epiphanies
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Sardines have sunlight shining their eyes
And, from the scales along their sides, the light
Is light as from divinity. Each dries
Here hanging in the shop as if in flight
There in the morning air. Along the way
Red beans are almost glowing in their bowls,
A red so warm the basins each display
The heart of Buddha there with sacred souls
Of nuns inside each pulse. Purple plums lie
In wicker baskets, skins vermilion blushed
As if immortal dragons had an eye
To hold them in their long-tongued mouths uncrushed.
..An ordinary day with nothing odd
….Along its streets involves an inkling god.
~ Phillip Whidden