in the soft spring sun a butterfly lies dead
uraura chō wa shinde iru
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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In the soft, mild sunlight a butterfly lies dead. The light of spring and a small death stand side by side without the least contradiction. There are no words of mourning; only the brightness of uraura softly enfolds that death.