Bernard jou Iwaku

Tenth Volume: A Day Without Machida Sawako

Huh?

Where's Machida Sawako?

She's out sick today.

Oh...

Is something wrong?

Huh?

Oh, no, nothing...

Lonely without your partner to yell at?

Of course not! I don't...

It is awfully quiet and lonely in the library without her, isn't it?

I'm getting lots of reading done!

There's no better spot for reading than...

I'm getting lots of reading done!

There's no better spot for reading than...

one's own sick bed!

There's no better spot for reading than...

one's own sick bed!!!!

Sh-She's enjoying herself. I was worried for nothing.

So you were worried.

Another one...

The knotholes in the ceiling are staring at me

The knotholes in the ceiling are staring at me...

Scary!

Will she be okay?

Oh, she's just fine.

That's a free verse haiku by Ozaki Housai.

I Cough, Yet I Am Alone

Ozaki Housai One of Japan's best-known free verse haiku poets.

She must be reading his works.

I cough, yet I am alone.

Oh, so that's it! She scared me!