Letters that start, as this one does, ``Ah, but my sleeves are wet'' Tend to be tearful. Not so mine. I do not regret Soaking my sleeves as I picked these flowers For a person lovelier yet.
Translated from the Japanese by Graeme Wilson
With a Gift of Irises
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