The two of us on your bike

28th February 2009

One of the brands of tea that I buy ran a haiku contest and includes the winning entries in each box.

So in a box of 20 teabags, 20 poems. This morning - afternoon, really - I tore open a foil packet, took out the teabag and read on the other side of the packet:

二人乗り
重いと言わない
君の汗

Freely translated:

The two of us on your bike
but of the weight behind
your sweat, you say
nothing.


A winner from a junior high school girl.