one smooth peel — the whiteness of the leek
tsururi to mugete negi no shirosa yo
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Peel it and out slides the smooth whiteness of a leek. The feel of the word mugete — to slip off — is the very feel of the leek's skin. In one small chore in the kitchen there is a whiteness that stops you short.