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Low Tide

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Rengay Through the Seasons by Masago & Friends

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Rengay #28, Mar 9-15, 2008 — by Vaughn Seward (vs)

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IdHaijinStanzasSeasonKigoLinkTheme:
Receding

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1/vsLonger days —
toys begin to emerge
from the snow.		SpringMelting snowTo 6: Emerge / DisappearSnow

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2/vsWe scour the beach for shells
and trinkets — low tide.		No Seasonn/aTo 1: Toys / TrinketsTide

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3/vsPast forty —
each morning's combing,
more forehead.		No Seasonn/aTo 2: CombingHairline

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4/vsOpening bell —
trading starts lower
yet again.		No Seasonn/aTo 3: MorningStocks

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5/vsSpring fashion sale —
in my size, gone!		SpringSpring saleTo 4: SellingClothes

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6/vsSinking sun —
the last rays glimmer
on the tree tops.		No Seasonn/aTo 5: GoneDaylight

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Technical Notes:

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4. In many stock trading floors each morning's trading starts with the ringing of a bell.

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Some have pointed out that this rengay touches on the change of seasons, our own mortality, and a negative, entropic sense. The actual theme I had in mind was the idea of "receding". And, when you think about it, receding is obviously at the root of these other interpretations.

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