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Ballad Of The Cherry Blossoms
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Cynthia Hopkins
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I made a new song of an old song, and this is how the old song went:
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it told the story of a woman so lovely she made enemies everywhere she went
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and one of these was her student, called Ritaro, who prized his teacher
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more than what she taught
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so he devised a plan to get what he desired whether she desired it or not
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there was a festival in springtime to see the cherry trees in bloom
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Ritaro took advantage of this great occasion to make his feelings known
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I put a petal in my pocket, to remind myself of spring
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so that even when it's over, in my mind it will remain a wondrous thing
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Ritaro saw only one thing in his way now: Shunkin's guide, Sasuke, by her side
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led her from tree to tree dutifully aiding her to feel what she could not see
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but Ritaro had a plan to lull him--he plied him with liquor all day long
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and by the evening, he'd been filled with so much drink
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Sasuke laid down drunk and bleary-eyed
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it was then that Ritaro led poor Shunkin out beneath the cherry trees
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he said "I'll be your guide now, I will be your tree,
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and you can have your way with me"
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but Shunkin shrank back from his violent hands, his leering voice and heavy sighs
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and trembling on the ground, she cried out for Sasuke
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but he was nowhere to be found
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when Sasuke woke from poisoned dreams, he found Shunkin beneath the cherry trees
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she said "I've saved a cherry blossom so that I'll recall the spring even after it's dead"
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now when I heard this little story, I was so enchanted by its sound
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I tore the notes apart and rearranged them until they became a brand new song
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so if you want to make a new thing, here is one thing you can do:
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just take apart a thing and rearrange the pieces until it becomes a brand new thing
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I'll make a new song of an old song, to remind myself of spring
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so that even when it's over, in my mind it will remain a wondrous thing
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