I yell out,
Death, stop following me
like a stray dog...
waking alone
to first winter light
Bamboo Hut, Spring 2015
One Man's Maple Moon: Beast and Cherry Blossoms Tanka by Fumi Saito
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*English Original*
long dead
the bones of a beast
decaying tonight
I am nearly choked
as cherry blossoms are falling
*White Letter Poems*, 1998
Fumi Saito...