ekkis
+
poesi

poetry = nonsense
nonsense = meaninglessness
meaninglessness = void
void = nothingness
nothingness = spirit

Enoki Pass (haiku)
death his fulfillment the samurai leaves his wife never to return she knows this to be their right path and destiny weeps and bows good bye her path is to live no matter what, remember he died for his land because a line drawn must be defended to death or it wastes the ink sometimes ink need be squandered before it reveals a meaningful truth but ultimately we all grasp there is nothing meaningful in life a nihilist, I convinced of the emptiness why bother to write? because I don't have all the answers I must be wrong. an utter fool but there are also no questions and not a thing to worry about and thus my head spins a tumbleweed in the wind and I cannot sleep [30 X 2023]
Written in haiku form, this work concerns the life of Kawai Tsugunosuke, senior retainer for the army of the Nagaoke Domain, Japan. More about his life and the battle of Hatchooki may be found on the Wikipedia
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