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Ground  
If I had some ground
I would sow it with morning glories
so that in due time
from morning to night purple trumpet music
would delight my ears.
Every day I would watch with tear-drenched eyes
as tendrils stretched into the sky with all their might.
If I had some ground
I would not leave my son a single square yard.
Instead, on the spot where the flowers had bloomed and faded
I would gather together the seeds in a globe
and leave him a world not yet come to light.

- An Do-Hyon
(celebrated Korean Poet)

[Morning Glory above: Ipomoea congesta]
  ©Joseph Lai 2003