silkworm--
choosing the white kimono
for her burial
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8 comments:
ha! interesting, Nora :)
wishes,
devika
Nora,
_Cacoon/kimono, I love the "choosing" here. Simplicity, such as this, says so much more than flowery words could ever do.
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there is so much in so few words. wonderful work.
good one nora
john
Thank you all. Devika, yes, the haiku changed since you posted.
The double entendre was intended. The Japanese do bury their dead (at least traditionally)in white.
Oh, now its profound, Nora!
btw, we also bury the dead in white! isn't that so in the West?
devika
Thanks, Devika. No, here we bury people in any color of dress clothes: a suit for a man and a dress for a woman.
However, I grew up in the Mormon religion, and they bury their dead in white religious garb.
Okay, thanks Nora for the response :)
wishes,
devika
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