It seems the English got it all backward: <br />Short teas, and long narrative poems <br />Until your teeth fell back into your skull <br />And the sun dipped deep into the Thames. <br /> <br />Whereas, the Japanese knew all along <br />The correct way, if only you had asked: <br />Tea, to be correct, goes on for hours <br />With a strictly regimented hierarchy of serving <br /> <br />While the poetry is an average three lines apiece <br />But of such profound observation <br />As to occupy the entirety of the tea time <br />And even provide material for ensuing dreams.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-seems-the-english/
