Shijo Rhythms​ by Ttr. ​Kevin O'Rourke​  - HTML preview

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The tree is diseased;

no one rests in its pavilion.

When it stood tall and verdant, no one passed it by.

But the leaves

have fallen, the boughs are broken; not even birds perch there now.*

 

* A political allegory on the fate of prominent men who fall from grace.