So this world of dew
is a world of dew.
And yet ... and yet ....
Issa's most famous haiku, written one month after the passing of his daughter.
In this world
even butterflies
must earn their keep.
Oh cricket!
Act as the gravekeeper
after I'm gone.
Washing the newborn ...
rinsing the corpse.
Hmm.
Issa's deathbed haiku, found under his pillow.