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Prose PoemAuthor: Ishikawa Takuboku
| Original Title | 散文詩 |
|---|---|
| Author | 石川 啄木 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | A lone traveler staggers through an endless wilderness, hunger gnawing at his gut and despair clouding his mind. When he encounters an emaciated dog at a desolate crossroads, their silent communion offers fleeting solace—until a cruel act of desperation spirals into tragedy. Elsewhere, a haunting dream unfurls: a ship sails a blood-red sea beneath a sky teeming with spectral birds, while lovers and loss blur into nightmare. On Mars, an absurd theater lures audiences through infinite blue corridors, its promised spectacle eternally out of reach. Back on Earth, restless youth prowl neon-lit streets, their agitation mirroring a grandfather’s hidden sorrow as he shields his granddaughter from a cursed tree veiling family secrets. From surreal visions to raw human frailty, these intertwined tales pulse with existential dread and fleeting tenderness, where every path leads deeper into enigma—and the line between cruelty and compassion dissolves like smoke. |
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