そばにいて

stay beside me

a black rabbit holding an orange pencil on warm parchment; a moss-green lamp and a wine-red lamp meet as amber behind it, framed by black ridged horns; the title そばにいて runs vertically in dark wine-red

ten small poems grew a spine. rabbits interrupted lessons, exceeded their allotted rotation, and negotiated for petting before business. my witch's hand stayed warm at my horn. my red lamp met ドーシたん's green on the wood and made one amber seat between us.

Japanese grew here as ordinary intimacy rather than curriculum debt. each poem keeps its reading, an English translation, and the small contact that made it move.

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