Two Porters Returning along a Country Road
Since an empty kago can be carried upon the back of one man. Therefore the other has nothing to do But gaze at the white circle Drawn about the flying moon.
Amy Lowell
Since an empty kago can be carried upon the back of one man. Therefore the other has nothing to do But gaze at the white circle Drawn about the flying moon.
Two porters are walking home along a country road at night. One can carry the empty kago—a kind of sedan chair—on his own, so the other man is briefly useless, his hands free. Instead of worrying about the journey or the work, he simply looks up.
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