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25/10/2005
Shellfish
I wake at midnight.
The little shellfish I bought last evening
are alive with their mouths slightly open.
I will eat them all when day breaks.
I laugh a hag's laugh.
Afterwards there is nothing left of the night,
except to sleep with my mouth slightly open.
- Ishigaki Rin
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