Moonrain

(after Issa’s 「露の世は露の世ながらさりながら」)

And yet, what can sleep
restless in complex glitter –
Not living nor dead?
 
Naked gossamer;
So nude are these lamppost tears
touching solitude.
 
Transpicuous song –
Light centuries of spire
to the still, and yet.

 

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