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When I single-mindedly attack my work, don't think I am lonely, Chieko.

 

People are talking about Chieko using that terrifying word 'mad'.

 

A mass of pine pollen hovers above the beach, Chieko becomes one of a flock of magpies.

 

Chieko knew that I was going to devote everything to my work and, knowing that, suffered.

 

Alone in this house filled with Chieko's breath, I close my eyes but cannot sleep.

 

Kotaro and Chieko lived here long ago, they created a dreamworld beyond compare.

The Chieko
Poems
by Kotaro
Takamura

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