I stare at the ellipses
at the end of a life story
etched in a borrowed tongue
they speak of falling
into spaces untold and foreign
strike me with their longing
The Cherita, 2:5, October 2018
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...