Red, black, white scales and fins
Spring through winter. pool carp swim.
High in forest, in mountain setting sets a Shinto temple.
Above the temple, the Sun is setting.
Lightly stepping on pond stone steps steps towards me a man of stoic bearing.
Belted sword he can draw in flashes but only to curtail spaces into which foes might enter
I am drawn to this hairy face Samurai as a hand
is drawn to fan in summer swelter.
Woman meets Warrior
but he refrains from going further.
An itinerant priest informs me, later;
Warrior is wed to vow of celibacy
The fellow concluded a long long time,
proximity to woman could bring him to ruin and diminish his powers
This is the story of a Geisha dressed in pink on her 17th birthday,
staring in a forlorn manner at the pool big carp swimming in circles.
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