tired and hungry
at the end of the day
is anybody home?
*
knock-knock:
it’s been a long day—
let me in, let me in
*
“don’t swat the fly
he wrings his hands
he wrings his feet”
This last haiku is by Issa, one of the four great Haiku poets. He has long been honored by the Japanese for his compassion and tender love for children and animals.