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Yukio Tsuji
THE DITCH
With one leg in the ditcha kidnapper,
too busy cleaning the ditch
to kidnap,
thought:
Since I don’t kidnap
nowadays
I’m no longer a kidnapper
but a true
ditch cleaner of Edo.
I shall clean the ditch
tomorrow.
© Translation: 1998, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
THE DITCH
© 1990, Yukio Tsuji
From: Uguisu-Kodomo to Samurai no 16 Hen
Publisher: Shoshi Yamada, Tokyo
From: Uguisu-Kodomo to Samurai no 16 Hen
Publisher: Shoshi Yamada, Tokyo
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THE DITCH
From: Uguisu-Kodomo to Samurai no 16 Hen
THE DITCH
With one leg in the ditcha kidnapper,
too busy cleaning the ditch
to kidnap,
thought:
Since I don’t kidnap
nowadays
I’m no longer a kidnapper
but a true
ditch cleaner of Edo.
I shall clean the ditch
tomorrow.
© 1998, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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