In the steamer is the trout br seasoned with slivers of ginger, br two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil. br We shall eat it with rice for lunch, br brothers, sister, my mother who will br taste the sweetest meat of the head, br holding it between her fingers br deftly, the way my father did br weeks ago. Then he lay down br to sleep like a snow-covered road br winding through pines older than him, br without any travelers, and lonely for no one.