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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...

welcoming summertime

Every time I feel close

to understanding the world

the glass kettle on my stove sounds

I rise, attending to it

with annoyance and hidden pleasures

for my unmade cup of tea.

This is what it’s like to live in May


After May,

summer arrives regardless

with its pears and its wine and

its inertia and its skin and

its softness and its light and

its hysteria and its fresh butter

And I shall rejoice to put my clogs on 

I shall laugh for running to the moor

I shall smile for bleeding 

I shall revel in the organic drunkness of life

But as my clogs begin to wear

my feet become wooden

the kettle starts to steam

at the end of the moor, 

i shall walk into the sea

and i can only hope 

it will choose not to drown me.






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