一年近く前のこと、葬儀屋さんが父の遺体を棺桶に納めるとき、ふと庭に出て行って、山茶花の花を摘んで、一緒に納めてくれました。

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Now I am remembering almost one year ago, when a funeral director was putting my late father in a coffin, he suddenly went out into our garden, culled a number of flowers from a little sasanqua (camellia) tree in the corner of the garden and put them in the coffin with my father.

Sasanqua flowers/

Are ready to fall/

As soon as they bloom/

Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko

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