Slow is elegant. In the softness inside a gesture, she sips tea. As one of the oldest, she knows to extend herself Beyond changes in domestic climate, to the watchfulness Of her breath, to the particular grace of a metaphor. 3 Spirit money for the dead flies into trade. With longing, children are let out in the courtyard on strings of coins and the draft of a lover s dialogue.
Every word comes to what can t be spared.
She scarcely moves while searching for the rhyme that is discrete and ripples out. She watches a magpie as it hops along the bamboo slats of a rail, marking her portion of the emperor s wealth, her version of the deed to be written out entirely in verse. Make the check payable to Anita Feng . Visa and Master card are accepted. Anita Feng .