Living on half-polished rice as my daily fare.
even the blackness of the rice reassuring as i wash it
kome no kurosa mo tanomoshiku arau
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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A life sustained on half-polished rice. It is not white rice, yet its very darkness is somehow reassuring. He washes the rice with the relief of having, again today, something to eat.