the Higan season*
starts tomorrow
my deceased mother-in-law's favorite
Anpan** from Kimuraya***
is what I buy on my way home
*when the souls of the ancestors
are believed to come close to our world
**sweet roll filled with read bean paste
***a long-estabalished bakery in Tokyo
photo by aunt jam
roughly translated by aunt jam
歌集『六分の桜』p15より
This spoke to me with its beauty and depth of meaning.
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