For his morning tea
A monk takes utter silence
With chrysanthemums.
For their tea, chrysanthemums
take utter silence with a monk
and a monk with utter silence.
Utter silence takes
Chrysanthemums with a monk
And a monk with chrysanthemums,
And chrysanthemums
With utter silence
Are taken by a monk.
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Very effective reversal of word order in 'monk' and 'chrysanthemum'. Each one takes the other-dazzling.