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Days for sipping

     Some days
                            are languid tisanes,
                              fine-ground;
                         brewed in a mason jar.
Since I do not have a sieve,
                       I wait in between
                             agitations
for the sediment to settle.

                            Frothless,
careful, pouring with a cloth barrier.
  Some days
                       patience must be conjured,
                              to avoid a scalded tongue.
I sit and wait
                          for the cup to cool.
Some days
                      mustn't be gulped,
                                but only sipped.

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Written by
Hive account@d-pend
4/25/18
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Photography by

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1 — "Chrysanthemum Tea 1" by Triskdaemon
2 — "Tisane" by WandererinWonderland
3 — "Still Life with Tea II" by Kashuarashi
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