Sitting on the bench and looking up, the persimmon branch stretches as if to cover the sky beyond the wall. Beneath it, the branch's shadow settled onto the bench.
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Alongside
Even if it's not the season to sit at the edge of a shadow and wait for persimmons, that bench will greet the shade first.
Ebb
To you, on an afternoon when the sunlight was hot, a shadow passed over the green plastic chair at the end of the alley. No one sat there, but surely someone's warmth remained in that spot.
Even if it's not the season to sit at the edge of a shadow and wait for persimmons, that bench will greet the shade first.
To you, on an afternoon when the sunlight was hot, a shadow passed over the green plastic chair at the end of the alley. No one sat there, but surely someone's warmth remained in that spot.