Hear the army's drumming band--
a-thump, a-thump, a-thump-- no different than the footsteps of the million people walking the streets simultaneously; a-thump, a-thump, a-thump, says the rain pounding somber coldness on thick glass, as painfully would the hammer thunder down its destruction; and slowly, steadily, a-thump, a-thump, a-thump the shishi-otoshi calls repeatedly, serene and relaxed in the courtyard. It will be complex--
|