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Yukio Tsuji

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America

I had a dream in which
raising my raincoat collar
in a downpour
I had set off for America
with a cat, a parrot
and Booglie Wooglie the pig.
I sneezed.

When I woke up
a cat,
a parrot,
Booglie Wooglie
and a dripping umbrella
were inside the front door,
and all at once I felt exhausted.

© Translation: 1998, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura

AMERICA

© 1990, Yukio Tsuji
From: Verlaine no Yohaku ni
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo

Yukio Tsuji

Yukio Tsuji

(Japan, 1939 - 2000)

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AMERICA

From: Verlaine no Yohaku ni

America

I had a dream in which
raising my raincoat collar
in a downpour
I had set off for America
with a cat, a parrot
and Booglie Wooglie the pig.
I sneezed.

When I woke up
a cat,
a parrot,
Booglie Wooglie
and a dripping umbrella
were inside the front door,
and all at once I felt exhausted.

© 1998, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura

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