Geisha and tea

A bow refined to a higher place
supplication with a china face  
silk kimono obi red  
tea ceremony with cross-ed legs  
  
a theater of slow motion puppets  
each movement a whispered step  
each action is grace    
refreshment the spirit the style and the pace  
 
statuesque porcelain with hair beehive alive  
an orchid specimen the centuries refined  
the sheen of their lives served on a tray  
a brew an infusion of cultures past day  
 
small feet in a choreographed conceit  
a mask of refinement designed to intrigue  
or detached reality neatly contrived  
a little white lie of chalky disguise