air-raid warning — piled up and red the persimmons
kūshū keihō ruirui to shite kaki akashi
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Under the air-raid warning, the persimmons hang clustered thick and red. 累々 ("in heaps") describes the crowded fruit, not the siren. The tension of wartime and the season's quiet work stand under the same autumn sky.