that I was born as me and autumn deepens this me
watashi to umareta koto ga aki fukō naru watashi
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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That he was born as "me" and no one else — this fact presses in on him more heavily as autumn deepens. The self is offered up as an unsolved assignment, in language left deliberately twisted.