longing for some red bean ice cream
she orders a scoopof red bean ice cream
i ask for two
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* Yu Chang recently told me that red beans symbolized longing in one's heart. (See, "The Red Beans, the Legend of the Love Beans"; also, click here for a presentation about Longing Heart Green Tea.) Sadly, as an innocent young lad on a first date with a girl who wanted red bean ice cream, Yu wasn't aware of that ancient myth. He is surely a lot wiser now. Indeed, as I reported today at Simply Senryu, "Yu Chang is 75 tomorrow" (August 30, 2013). I hope I'm as wise as Yu before I get to be seventy-five. I better hurry. [This poem and explanation have been edited, as I had originally thought Yu was talking about green tea ice cream. I'm glad he reminded me it was a red bean legned.]
紅荳冰
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