a childless housewife...
how tenderly she touches
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frolic
on each blade of grass
pearls of dew

a childless housewife...
how tenderly she touches
little dolls for sale

A single leaf falls,
then suddenly another,
stolen by the breeze

pine tree silhouette
painted by the harvest moon
on a shining sky

a large slug slides
slowly, glistening over
abandoned armor

on the old plum tree,
one blossom by one blossom,
the spring thaw is born

all by itself,
that beautiful melon,
entirely self-sufficient

without a sound,
munching young rice-plant stalks,
a caterpillar dines