解体の隣家に鬼の子が残る　　　早川恵美子

kaitai no rinka ni oni no ko ga nokoru

demolished house next door

a demon’s child

left behind

                                    Emiko Hayakawa

from ‘Noise’ No. 2, 2014, edited by Kazuya Sawada and Hisanori Takai, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Fay’s Note:  ‘oni no ko’ (demon’s child) is another name for ‘minomushi’ (a bagworm) .  It is an autumn kigo.