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Toshio Nakae

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CHAIR

You sit in the chair
with Silence yielding to you
but you stand up right away
Silence sits back down in it

Utter no words —
your words vanish
into the darkness you have left behind

© Translation: 2007, Takako Lento

CHAIR

© 1957, Toshio Nakae
From: Ansei no uta
Publisher: Matoba Shoten, Tokyo

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CHAIR

From: Ansei no uta

CHAIR

You sit in the chair
with Silence yielding to you
but you stand up right away
Silence sits back down in it

Utter no words —
your words vanish
into the darkness you have left behind

© 2007, Takako Lento

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