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The Game of Hyakunin Isshu Karuta—A Family’s Fate
December 12, 2017
Cherries blossomed on,
silky soft spring Kimonos.
Twins play with one fate...
Rules and title never break.
One wins, and one is disowned.
One munching tumor,
crushes her like petals in fall.
She played with one fate...
The other timid but strong.
One wins, and one’s disowned.
She won, she blossomed,
her destiny felt silky.
The hatred of one's fate….
New rules for her sister fate.
One wins and no one disowned.
© Annie Y., Northborough, MA
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This piece is about the Japanese exhibit in the Milwaukee Public Museum. I hope you see the heartache one of the twins feels after she wins and knows her sister will be disowned.