十二月八日ゴリラのそばにいた　坪内捻典

jyûnigatsu yôka gorira no soba ni ita

            December Eight

            I was near

            to a gorilla

                                                Nenten Tsubouchi

from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo