scratching this body that survived
ikinokotta karada kaite iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He scratches away at this body that has survived. The body that did not die still gets to itch like this. Gravity and comedy share one and the same body.