A woman became naked. But
not to wait for caresses.
In transient daylight
the faint scent of skin.
Fine wrinkles
of the thin flowerpetals
of a woman who has not known sensuality.
Like bruises that are ripe,
smears of light blue color,
those marks which remain all over her body
are traces of fingers of the people who touched her passing by.
The same as unsold fruit
at the shop-front of a fruit store.
A woman became naked. Just for a while
to change a summer dress into an autumn dress.
(Mitsuharu Kaneko)
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