her bite mark
still on my shoulder
in shadowy light
the shape
of those unspoken words
A Hundred Gourds, 4:3, June 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...