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find one and there are butterburs — two, three

hitotsu aru to fuki no tō futatsu mittsu

1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)

Notes

Spot one butterbur bud and there beside it is another, then two, three more. The pleasure of peering at the ground comes out just as it is in the bounce of the counting words. The very first joy of spring.

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