death pressing close — chili peppers, deep scarlet
shi o hishi to tōgarashi makkana
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Another of the "brink of death" poems. The color of chili peppers ripened deep scarlet thrusts death hard against him. The burning red and the idea of death are joined directly, without explanation. The fierce color of a small fruit.