Young poet Gary Snyder in Japan

The poet, a small man,

in a shack - so the text says -

looking almost scared

abandoned

eyes black dots question

the photographer

beside a picture

of some fat jolly old deity

or holy man laughing

to the world, religion

and all those

who pursue them seriously

in this fleeting world

where in a second or two

a person can turn

into a black shadow

on a wall in Hiroshima or Nagasaki

 23.03.2015