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Hiroshi Kawasaki
A LEADEN FENCE
Words wish in wordsthat
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.
© Translation: 2006, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
A LEADEN FENCE
© 1968, Hiroshi Kawasaki
From: Poems
Publisher: Kokubunsha,
From: Poems
Publisher: Kokubunsha,
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A LEADEN FENCE
From: Poems
A LEADEN FENCE
Words wish in wordsthat
they hadn’t been born
words.
They wish they’d rather been born
steep leaden walls.
And –
after that
they sigh a single sigh which is not a word.
© 2006, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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