—dedicated to Matsuo Bashō

a frog sitting
on the muddy shore
an unseen lake
still in silence

a frog sitting
still in silence
on the muddy shore
an odorless lake

a frog in silence
on the muddy shore
sitting still
a tasteless lake

all the seasons
rounding circles
frog and lake
still in silence

see the frog
it moves in silence
diving in cool
the lake untouched

silence
and
nothing
but silence.