Sakai

Aihara-machi (Japanese: 相原町)

to Sagami Bay

a river

prone to flooding

pressed within

tall walls  (post war)

vesper bats above

leaping carp within

while that slouch, tanuki

patrols

the shoals 

bridge (between)

this third coast
out
beyond
between

の間に

かなた     彼方

はし橋

a middle
amid
balancing.

adrift
aground
wrecked.


sounding - an echo.



here.


again in open water.