under the blackout a fine child is born — a boy
bōkū kansei-ka yoi ko umarete otoko no ko
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Under the blackout, with all lights restricted, a fine child has been born — a boy, they say. In the darkened town, only the news of a new life is bright. The shadow of the age and the joy of a birth stand side by side.