FLYING NINJA: an accolade to mosquitos

	Real ninja stick to the point
	and get down to business
	without wasting time.

	They seize opportunity
	when it appears
	and aren't intimated
	by strength or size.

	Real ninja
	don't need swords or armor:
	necessity drives them on!

	They are like
	mosquitoes at night
	laughing
	when hands clap
	then vanishing
	from sight

	One with
	darkness:
	warm flesh
	gives them
	eyes
	.


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: A poem and graphic manipulation about the ninja-like qualities of mosquitoes. 
KEYWORDS: ninja-spirit, mosquito warriors, stealthy predators, sub-rosa warfare, ninja insects

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan  ≜ Finished: 2005 in Tokyo, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/ninj.htm 
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