alone getting bitten by mosquitoes
hitori de ka ni kuwarete iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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The one being bitten is himself, alone; the hand that swats them is his own too. The endearing absurdity of a traveler's night, played out for no one to see, becomes just as it is a single poem.