a taro happened to be lying there so I make taro gruel
hyoito imo ga ochite ita no de imogayu ni suru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A taro root just happened to be lying by the roadside. He picks it up, and tonight it will be taro gruel. Someone's dropped scrap becomes today's food, just like that. The breezy logic of "so I make" is delightful.