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Hiroshi Kawasaki
The Bird
The birdThrows me a quick glance
And then
He pushes off from the branch
Right away
He is gone
As if to say
A long time ago humans caught a horrible disease
That keeps them from flying
© Translation: 2006, Takako Lento
THE BIRD
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© 1968, Hiroshi Kawasaki
From: Poems
Publisher: Kokubunsha,
From: Poems
Publisher: Kokubunsha,
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THE BIRD
From: Poems
The Bird
The birdThrows me a quick glance
And then
He pushes off from the branch
Right away
He is gone
As if to say
A long time ago humans caught a horrible disease
That keeps them from flying
© 2006, Takako Lento
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