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With
a twitching nose
A dog reads a telegram
On a wet tree trunk.
459
I
am paying rent
For the lice in my cold room
And the moonlight too.
200
A silent spring
wood:
A crow opens its sharp beak
And creates a sky.
from "Haiku: This Other World," (Arcade, 1998) by Richard Wright (1908-1960)
