The twilight
is like a fine rain
forcing us home.
Under the trees
glow the chalky threads
of snowdrops
at which I stare.
Who goes there,
the sentry cries.
But how can I describe
the mastery of flowers
grazing the earth,
like translations done
without dictionaries?
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