Self-medication.

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827):

Ik ben in leven
al is het zo-zo: ik èn
een papaverbloem.

I am alive
although so-so, I and
a poppy flower.


[白狐]

ikíte irú
bákari zò wáre tò
késhi no haná.

"living be / so-so though I and / poppy's flower."

Source haiku: http://www.michaelhaldane.com/HaikuNonJapanese.htm

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