''Empty of any luggage Moon ship Sails to paradise’’ Duhko (from "Saying a Song on the Brink of Death) Nor is it the name of a remote port in a foreign city, however, the works correspond with the sea as a place, as a memory, as a longing and are influenced by life on the water's edge. It could have been a story about depletion and moving away from the Bank as a metaphor for a mood. Paulownia is a tree also known as the "Empress Tree" which originated in China.