pull and pull and still i pull the grass's clinging
nuite mo nuite mo kusa no shūjaku o nuku
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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The weeds grow back however much he pulls. Is it the grass he is tearing out, or the attachment within himself? Through the pull of roots clinging to the earth, he learns that what he thought he had cast off still remains in him.