つぎの世もそのつぎの世も魚でいる　　大西泰世

tsugi no yo mo sono tsugi no yo mo uo de iru

            in the next life

            and the life after it

            I will be a fish

                                                Yasuyo Ohnishi

from “Gendai Haiku Shûsei” (“Modern Haiku Collection”) edited by Yasumasa Soda, Rippu Shobo, Tokyo, 1996