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everything, made into gruel, warm

nani mo kamo zōsui to shite atatakaku

1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)

Notes

He puts everything on hand into the pot and makes it into gruel. Simmered together without distinction, it is all warm. Scarcity becomes, in the rising steam, a single feast.

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