The map found in the vegetable seller’s knife book

A bright future aqueduct,
a ray of light overlooking a barrel –
life is an open door beyond the horizon.

To the west, Katoheye looks like the stone,
amen, and the spider –
amen and the spider
the water flowed
the water flowed.

The water reflects sunlight
becomes a compass storing pain
a storehouse of pain –
this connects with the Malaysian moon.

The fabric is thin and wide like spring –
the sun is like summer
as old as muslin
or silk
a living thing
we long to touch.