Santōka Alarm
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there's something to eat, something to get drunk on too — rain on the weeds

taberu mono wa atte yō mono mo atte zassō no ame

1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)

Notes

There is something to eat, and something to get drunk on as well. With just that much on hand it is enough, and outside is the rain falling on the weeds. Not so much knowing contentment as: today, as it happens, there is enough. That ease.

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