Dignity

tea ceremony

peaceful and forgiving

bitter taste of regret

The end of Roy Kaneshiki’s life was socially distanced and later quarantined. Much like the first four years of his life at Topaz internment camp in the Utah desert. 

dry inland sea

small figures search

seashells in the sun

Regardless, later as a young man Roy enlisted in the U.S. army, and always wanted a military funeral with a real bugle "Taps" (not one of those recorded versions). None of that was possible.

evening news report:

quarantined boy plays “Taps” each sunset; 

maybe Roy can hear.