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LOVE IN JAPAN by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: THE SEMI IS SILENT
Last Line: EATER OF DREAMS!
Subject(s): DREAMS; JAPAN; LOVE; TEARS; NIGHTMARES; JAPANESE;

The @3semi@1 is silent
(Autumn rains!)
The wind-bells tinkle
(How chill it is!)
The quick lights come
On the @3shoji@1-panes.
Come, A Baku,
Eater of dreams!

The maple darkens
(Pale grow I!)
The near night shivers
(The Temple fades.)
Haunting love
Will not cease to cry!
Come, O Baku,
Eater of dreams!

The wild mists gather
(Ah, my tears!)
The pane-lights vanish
(For some there is rest.)
But for me --
The remembered years!
Come, O Baku,
Eater of dreams!



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