とかげ出て懺悔の淵を覗きこむ　　小池つと夢

tokage dete zange no fuchi o nozokikomu

            a lizard comes out

            and looks into an abyss

            of confession

                                                Tsutomu Koike

from “Shûchakueki” (The Last Stop), haiku collection of Tsutomu Koike, Gendai Haiku Kyokai (Modern Haiku Association), Tokyo, 2019