Thursday, January 30, 2020

The House in Hateruma



a red tiled roof made of red clay
over our brown house
hedged with happiness trees
a rusty mailbox painted but faded red
a deep inactive well in the back 
near the forest undergrowth 

birds singing as though to greet us
when the sun would peek over the horizon
passing language in the inner room
the wind flowing through the smiling trees
spreads the smell of the mosquito coils 

                         by Itsuki Ari 

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