Thoughts in Bonsai: Seventy-Seven

1. A flock of seagulls
suddenly turns around
and chases the sea itself!

2. Lost in the sky,
the eagle, with talons sharp,
binds the sky itself.

3. Old crows
seeing stones that peek
through the fog
turn their faces away.

4. Seeing tomorrow's sun,
yesterday's hawk
weeps.

5. Bathed in moonlight,
dry leaves
fall upon dead roses.

6. Flocks of leaves
wander from yard to yard,
hiding dust-wrapped
old dolls.
That doll
had no eyes.

7. The face covered by a mask
even in the sewer
slowly
begins to stir.

8. Lotus:
beyond water...
beyond life.

9. Blemish:
from the moon
light itself spreads.

10. Against the wind's body
a festival of fossilized flies.

11. Those who lower corpses
into graves—
their shadows merge
with the dead one's eyes.

12. Lifting the veil of the heart,
warmth enters warmth.

13. I adorn the door
with garlands of victory,
breaking the wind's
threshold!

14. After death
I hear my brother's tears
in my laughter.

15. Through gaps in winter caps
summer's prayers
take the shape of tears.

16. Kittens
drowning, drowning,
watch the pond water
grow cold.

17. Cheap mistakes'
costly remorse.

18. Does the city barber
keep track
of village hair?

19. When a dog
goes before a mouse hole
and barks loudly,
no cat
emerges from the hole.

20. After the commotion,
when the recess bell rings,
the soul's infinite union
with silence.