1 The butterfly of Hiroshima 
Came dallying on the flowers of Hiro Jima 
A scar on one wing 
Flattering in a fragile wind 
(For Mlho Mizotani, kind escort) 
Your gentle voice sings songs j: 
- I^Jjout the nationality of the gr|j>e 
Hie passport of pubescent apples 
The mammary miracle of IIK, pomegranate 
HI A cushioned i»at¥ intelligent tab|es 
Hot sake* down the chilly spriag of the throat 
Then the delicious laughter of seasoned shrimps 
Njabulo raises a song, Fujto responds 
FV (ForJiroOnoda) 
1 made friends with ; 
Too many books I?: -i 
Now my forehead is an encyclopaedia fill 
Of rainbow letters. 
V Hie early
Breaks ©n the Fuji mountain 
Like the yolk of an ancient egg 
Pacific waters are yellow with fertile dreams. 
VI Sanyo and Akat hold iho wind 
Between their fingers % 
Toyota has a foot whose toes 
iRaise th«; 4ust in every street 
•ViX TJhe deadly mushrooms of Hiroshima 
Tfee Isiming umbrella of Nagasaki 
Polyglot scars on the brow 4f the sky 
Enrapturing symphorty of PEACE songs. 
V I I I A burning gas rises in the tube 
Like the miasma of uttibfetoid apocalypse I 
Sqiiee/ed breaths, suipriswl stares 
My hemt goes to martyrs of the sarin plague 
IX Kole came bete jast before dawn || 
Mkere clenches fists with Dedan Kimathi 
Past! peas clear lines on African origins 
Njabulo stags so wisely about winning fools 
(For Koji Yamane) 
You sfr^toh a geatle hand 
across the PaciSc waters, 
yoar smile rkh and de^> 
like A gem straight 
!«roBi the ocftaH's bctty. 
Swapping hei£dy tales about 
anciestemperors, our memories 
pen haikus about once-upon-a-times 
Wheapower had one mouth 
andjlife sword was honed each morning 
on (fee grinding bones of severe honour. 
Your generous handshake brings down 
A thousand walls. In your soft, •. , 
intelligent voice I see a se»g 
which echoes the word. 
I shout asahit ; 
August, 1995. 
Popular Japapeslviiane made frwo rice. 
Japanese word meaning sataise, daws.