Leaves left alone

Dreams in Brief (Photo: Faye Sarras)

The week ending
Weak mending
Dreams in brief
With no relief
Aqueous blood
is no solution
Corporeal bread
molds like the dead.

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. The forthcoming books are: Temples of the Heart in Anqing and Porto (with He Ying); On Mushrooms and Mountains (with Faye Sarras). Read other articles by Wei.