somehow I am still kept alive here among the weeds
tomokakumo ikasarete wa iru zassō no naka
1934–1936 · Toward the mountains, toward the water
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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Somehow, at least, I am kept alive. He murmurs this in the thick of the weeds. Not so much living as being made to live. The weeds too are kept alive, flourishing companions.