Sweet Mochi * + Dessert

Nori *
wrapped around
steaming rice
wanting it
to be me and you

so far away
in your solitary thoughts
come here
let’s make
sweet mochi together

take a bite
fulfill your desires
before
it gets cold
no time to waste

let us
breakfast the sun
drip honey
from the moon
taste life endlessly

Genie Nakano,
originally published in
International Tanka,
Tokyo Japan, editor Aya Yuki

Mochi:
Pounded rice and most commonly know to celebrate new years.

Nori:
Dried seaweed. Delicious.

For desert, a quote:

The knowledge
that I have enough
is enough.
Joseph Heller,1923 -1999
writer most known for the novel “Catch 22”.