Clouds Apart

Attend to precipitate (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Stones stacked simply
Lift and separate
Fluid, solid, gaseous
perceptions from reflections.
Clouds clustered carelessly
attend to precipitate
on tiles, soil and toil
ablution for confusion.

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. Wei Santang is also author of Fruit of the Vine and Work of Human Hands (forthcoming). Read other articles by Wei.