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Hiroshi Kawasaki

MY OLD LADY SAID

This morning
my old lady in her bed
said,
too clearly for delirium,
“Crazy!”
That’s all –
only that.

She was about to wake up.

So I knew
straight away –
“Oh, it’s
about me.”

She is not
insane.

Sorry.

MY OLD LADY SAID

Hiroshi Kawasaki

Hiroshi Kawasaki

(Japan, 1930 - 2004)

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MY OLD LADY SAID

MY OLD LADY SAID

This morning
my old lady in her bed
said,
too clearly for delirium,
“Crazy!”
That’s all –
only that.

She was about to wake up.

So I knew
straight away –
“Oh, it’s
about me.”

She is not
insane.

Sorry.
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