Further revised (February 1940).
sitting in the grass eating plain rice, plain rice, savoring it
kusa ni suwari meshi bakari no meshi o shimijimi
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Sitting in the grass, he eats plain rice with nothing on it, savoring it deeply. A form he further revised in February 1940 from a poem made on his begging travels. With the single word "savoring," it is the depth of the taste, more than the loneliness, that comes forward.