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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 84 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WHITE WHISK AND SANDALWOOD HANDLE
Last Line: IT'S USED TO DIRECT LOST MEN
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; PERFUME; SMELLS; ODORS; AROMAS; FRAGRANCES;
White whisk and sandalwood handle
a perfume that lasts all day
soft like curling fog
aswirl like drifting clouds
it helps during rites in summer
raised high it flicks dust away
and often inside a ten-foot room
it's used to direct lost men



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