Perceiving is the same as receiving and it is the same as responding.

thought begins as small floral bowls  :  they hold greens—broccoli stalks,

                                                       chopped kale—against Chinese blue

                                                       very dark, with a greenish tint :

the way a silence falls to each side

of the knife's stroke, the colors rhyme

softly and I think, I'll miss this when I die.    This is how I enter appearances