Ceremony
“Farewell” by Sara Umemoto
The woman wraps her head
in folds of white cloth
twisted and tied
in loops and fluttering tails.
On a mountaintop
near her home
the breeze snatches and whips
the fragile silk.
Through the cloudy sky
drifting
a white crane floats
to her upraised palm.
Eyes fixed
on the paper bird, she ignores
the trail of long thoughts
written in fog.
Published in Words & Tricks, 2010
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