In the Provinces -

I long to find a path
to the depths of Mount Shinobu
that I might fathom
the secrets
of another's heart.
The woman thought it a very fine poem but was ashamed to imagine what might be revealed if he could indeed see into the heart of a rustic like herself.
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Narihira
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