Giggle

--Shuntaro Tanikawa

“I gave birth to a fish”

says the woman

“I freed it in the sea right away”

 

Giggling under the breath

I am downtown

people are sick of other people

 

What shall we do now?

Shall we go see

our dead friends?

 

Here I am, not understanding anything

not knowing anything

I open a pocket paperback for now, but

 

All that comes to

my mind is:

It’s a fine day