Finally, on this Marpole street
She manages to fall
Exactly on his shoulder
After a prolonged season

But a sudden gust of summer wind
Blows her away from him
Onto the spring-stained sidewalk

Only to be trodden there
By a stranger’s foot
Like a dejected flower

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The Cherry Flower: A Parallel Poem by Changming Yuan
originally published April 12, 2010