
Japan Once Again
2002 Tribute to Hiroshima survivors
H. Gene Murtha, USA an'ya, Oregon, USA
and Ron Moss, AUS
hovering hawk-
a rabbit freezes
in the cornrow/Gene
earthquake . . .
captor and prey part company
Hiroshima Day
once again that moment
enters my mind
looking over their shoulders/Ron
the deer continue on
per its rage/Gene
finally the forest fire
quells itself
a handful of dirt
lands on the coffin lid/Ron