Love In Snow Country
Komako welcomed me with a
Warm smile and a steaming gift of
Zenzai.
My whole life I’d been walking
Backwards, was my first thought
As I dipped my chopsticks
Into the sweet red bean soup.
“The bath is ready,” she announced
When I had slurped the last
Lining of the lacquer bowl.
Ah, Komako, I said to myself,
Shimamura was such an asshole.
Why did you bother?
The snow kept falling all night and
Through the next morning.
Komako was gone the next day.
I didn’t have a chance to say
Goodbye.
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