Home again.
how deeply, quietly the dust on my desk
shimijimi shizukana tsukue no chiri
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "home again." Back from his travels, he finds a thin layer of dust settled on the hermitage desk. The time of his absence is visible there. Even the dust is quiet and deeply felt, and by it he knows he has come home.