砂を吐く浅蜊に余罪あるごとく　　堀切克洋

suna o haku asari ni yozai aru gotoku

            ‘asari’ clams spit sand

            as though they would have

            other crimes

                                                Katsuhiro Horikiri

from “Shakutori no Michi” (Inchworm Road), haiku collection of Katsuhiro Horikiri, Bungaku no Mori, Tokyo 2018

Fay’s Note:  ‘asari’ clam (‘a Japanese littleneck clam’ or ‘Manila clam’) is a spring kigo.