Maninbo

If you talked about that carelessly,

the bar owner reported you as a red.

The blue sky descended

on the soy sauce left in the crocks

and wept salty tears.

The war was over.

After that he drank every day.

He killed in that way

three times,

or four,

or five,

then, on a full-moon night,

climbed to a hilltop and wailed.

raped her, then killed her.

War

drives humans mad,

cows too!

War

affects cows, too,

dogs, too.

He never accepted a single leaf of tobacco,

let alone a free drink.

Within twelve days the finger healed.