onto my bare skin a dragonfly means to land, does it
suppadaka e tonbo tomarō to suru ka
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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As he sits stark naked, a dragonfly comes near and means to land on him. Come now — am I a tree, a fence post? Between the fearless dragonfly and the naked man with nothing to be ashamed of, a comic, easygoing exchange.