Reunion.
the hand i grip hard, a hand of chapped and cracking skin
nigirishimeru te ni te no akagire
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "reunion." Meeting again after long, he grips the other's hand without thinking — and finds it split with chapped, cracked skin. Before any words, the palm tells him of the other's daily life.