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The autumn
is especially lonely in a mountain home
for the cries of deer
forever wake me
from my dreams.
~ Mibu no Tadamine
Dear Mibu,
It’s sad the deer
keep you sleepless
through the night
but to me
you’re just complaining
for I would hear that sound
till any dawn should care
to turn its fresh pink face
on me
and gladly
trade you
sirens screaming
for your temporary loss
of dreaming.
Sincerely,
a poet
A world of dreams
or the one you work so hard to dress for
in the mirror—
tell me, how much more solid
are its lines?
After Mibu no Tadamine, c. 900 ME. | 
