two egrets
blue heron
bobtail cat
lizard under grass
snake underwater

the bird
the fur
the reptile blur

so thin
these shades

when

a stemless persimmon left for ants
(pollinator of her peonies)

sluices
the sun
and the ripe autumn

opens

high skies

w h a t  is there -

overheard  sound -

(in) visible

these days
illness


confounds


confused


said a student
I know no honest person

3 8 , 0 0 0

mimizuka

hanazuka


all those nose souls

s h r i n e

s i c k t i m e

insular
and humid
the hot panic of this -
alone
ill
sleepless


why not mind awake?
which I did
and opened to it all-
chill watery pain
fever fear of losing days -


something
stopped within


started again-

crickets singing!
Why hadn't I heard them before?
 

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