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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'...

 I am a simple girl:

i am at mercy of things imposed to me,

i wish to be an evenly lit candlestick,

i yearn for votives in the moonlight,

i live in boxes above and below,

i know earthly life is but a moment,

i am banal of the inevitable,

i spit in broken translations of Korean,

i despise my mother for her capabilities,

i dwell in queue of prior existence,

i sit in fear of prior existence.

It is June and I am tired of being afraid,

I am tired of being afraid of the inherent pain to start again

    for I also know the inherent joy to start again

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