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Song of cicada came as a surprise

A brilliant boy died of leukemia

Yellow crashes against this Window, shining light On my sickly white walls. The weighty anvil descends on me And traps my fevered body..

Kobayashi Issa: Modern English translations of HaikuPetals I amasswith such tendernessprick me to the quick.―Kobayashi Issa , loose translation ..

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