2019年6月18日
A Dosage of Medicine(10) by Akihisa Ogino, translated by J.Kageyama
"Something like that. The young ones these days don’t know how to enjoy themselves through fantasy. I don’t say this ‘cuz I’m drunk, but I haven't touched even her finger, but, when I imagine such a pretty girl, lying in my arms, putting her cute mouth next to my chest; see? So I try to keep my smelly breath away from her. And then, she rolls over once in her sleep, embraced in my arms. She's asleep and looks peacefully content, so I hold my breath, so as not to wake her. She's deep in sleep, like a goddess. And I feel so happy that these drops fall from my eyes ---Yes, I’ve suffered over the years, but I've survived. Then the girl, maybe from a bad dream, seems to have troubled sleep and drops her hand from my chest, so I softly, like this, reach for her hand, and then hold it lightly “ Genzo, deep in his fantasy, held a burning piece of coal, mistaking it for the girl’s hand. He took out his bottle again and stuck out the tea cup. “Doctor, Doctor, there’s still some sake left. How about it? Just a little?
“My son’s huge elephant-like body over that little girl’s frail body---and the whole night. So, at night, while I’m sleeping below them, I can’t help getting worried. That he'd kill her by fucking her too much. When I imagine that, I don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to run up the stairs and hit him. If you’re so rough on her, she’s going to die! You elephant! But my wife pokes me in the ribs, so I hold myself back. Kinsaku should just think, like I do."