hō-ō
鳳凰
(a poem)

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fond words:
“art can
investigate
interrogate
educate
instigate
but never
ever
imitate”
fine words
feathers
fall from flight
alight upon the pyre
offerings to the muse
smokey stench
drifting ashes and we all fall down
sing the sacred song
to fly
fly once more
on words
to dare
the immortal