reading the inscription on your tombstone
an abandoned road soon becomes impassible
except on foot or horseback
dumplings, broiled, steamed, and fried involving pork, chicken,
Chinese cabbage, tofu. more ginger and any amount of
garlic, scallions, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts
a bronze bespattered snake
coils elegantly
through an alligator-skin sandal
nothing funny about us, just practical and direct
“maker dressing toe,” she
she was so bold
a mechanical hand made of maps and a yardstick
SHAKE
Edward Steichen’s portrait of Leopold Stokowski in profile
a human heart just one shade redder
a place to savor and crave
mechanical dancing dolls
shaving pennies
Poem copyright 2016 by Jnana Hodson
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Jnana's Red Barn 
wow, I adore this