just for fun
I put Mother on my back
she weighs so
little that I start crying
and can't walk three steps
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beastly face
with a mouth that opens
and closes
is all I see
of the man giving a talk
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I work
and work yet my life
remains
impoverished as ever
I gaze at my hands
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I close my eyes
yet nothing whatever
floats up in my mind
out of sheer loneliness
I reopen them
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fearing
what lies in my heart
may be heard
I quickly draw back my chest
from the stethoscope
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-- Ishikawa Takuboku
