When I came up with the hydrangea subject, it was the peak of hydrangea season. Now, the hydrangeas are fading, but I still saw a shrub of them behind an apartment building, where the sun barely shines.
Hydrangea
鮮やかさ
萎めて墨が
焼き付ける
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Azayakasa
Shibomete sumi ga
Yakitsukeru
***
The vividness fades
as the ink stains into a
memory of you
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