Cypress
by Kano Eitoku (1543-90) color on gold-leafed paper
See, roots and branches tangled, massive as a warrior’s thigh.
This great tree flings its arms, imploring the heavens to be free.
Across miles of cloud, a mountain peak rises, flies away.
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