a tooth that dropped out easily enough
horori to nuketa ha de wa aru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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A tooth has dropped out, softly. No pain, over in an instant. In the way he takes it — 'well, it is only a tooth' — there is the small pause before one comes, with feeling, to acknowledge old age.