tostoy’s beard and the time of day - 27th/ almost there

tostoy’s beard and the time of day:




tostoy’s beard
barked
like a dog
from within my overlarge yellow tea pot
overlarge and floating
not in water
but in mystic
vision
tea and russian cookies
fat round miniature russian mothers
walking in circles on the tray
chanting
“dosvedania dosvedania dosvedania”
fitting
i
suppose

in Japan
the samurai
upon dishonoring themselves
took their own lives
by
slicing open their

“i’m a little tea pot
short and stout...”