Things now useless that recall a glorious past
A fine embroidery-edged mat that's become threadbare.
A screen painted in the Chinese style, that's now turned dark and discoloured and developed a scarred surface.
A painter with poor eyesight.
A switch of false hair seven or eight feet long, that's now fading and taking on a reddish tinge.
Grape-coloured fabric when the ash dye has turned.
A man who was a great lover in his day but is now old and decrepit.
A tasteful house whose garden trees have been destroyed by fire. The pond is still there, but it's now uncared for and thick with pond weed.
 Lady Amarante Maruyama · Fri Apr 29, 2011 @ 08:48am · 0 Comments |
