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Chiyo-Jo's Haiku

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the butterfly can say nothing--spring's ending


A long spring day is ending and the sunset is casting a slanted shadow like a kimono sash, on a narrow path between houses of a lonesome town. In that light, a butterfly is fluttering among the flowers in the daytime sky. It doesn't say anything and is enjoying itself like it's floating.
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