five germaphobes (a joke in haiku)
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2023.10.18
five germaphobes
enter an elevator
cannot touch; won't go
twenty-seven years and one million words
five germaphobes
enter an elevator
cannot touch; won't go
When destiny comes to a man from outside, it lays him low, just as an arrow lays a deer low. When destiny comes to a man from within, from his innermost being, it makes him strong, it makes him into a god…
—Hermann Hesse