#166 from "Up the Mtn", available on iTunes, ISSUU.Com, & Blurb.Com (edited edition)

(Honkadoried from a Saigyo tanka)

the sound of field mice

gnawing through insulation

in this lonely hut

late night companions

scurring . . . pooping . . . on my roof

(Saigyo's original work below)

the sound of water

becomes my companion

in this lonely hut

while the mountain storm

pauses   pauses