a floating forest of giant lotus leaves - <br />real but not real <br />Amagatsu alone <br />(every movement of his hands is perfect) <br /> <br />the lotus leaves rise <br />six dancers curl under the water <br />tragically absurd <br />beautifully grotesque <br />(their hands never touch) <br /> <br />Butoh in seven scenes <br />and relentless slow motion <br />a mirror of life and death <br />ash and blood <br />sand and water <br /> <br />as the giant leaves fall <br />six pairs of hands open like lotus flowers<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kagemi-beyond-the-metaphors-of-mirrors/
