After watching the news about all the commotion, I had a thought. Perhaps the people causing such an uproar are being staged. Perhaps there is someone behind them, inciting them. By deliberately creating chaos in society and encouraging division, such a person can ultimately reign supreme. This is a cunning form of mass manipulation that cares nothing for right or wrong. I wrote these verses to reflect this hopeless reality. 騒ぎのニュースを見て、思った。騒いでいる連中は、もしかすると、「やらせ」ではないのか、と。その背後に、彼らを嗾ける者がいるのではないか、と。そのように世の中にカオスを（人為的に）起こさせ、分断を促し、その上に自身が君臨する。正邪の如何を問わぬ、狡猾な大衆操作。度し難い現実を詠んだ。
This is a poetic attempt to depict the state of the world with its haiku (senryu), by paraphrasing Japanese idioms like wordplay. Please enjoy it together with the English translation.
We not only serve a final notice of divorce to “Rep”—referring to “replication,” “duplication,” and “repetition,” whether doing, having someone do, or being made to do—but also embrace the label of “divorce” without fear, proudly upholding solitude as something to be celebrated, standing against the kind of social pressure that, more often than not, is driven by a dangerous and immature mindset that prioritizes appearances and self-interest over truth or morality, the same pressure that tends to affect TV-loving individuals, particularly those from the Crazy Cats generation, who obediently and diligently supported Japan’s postwar economic growth but now tragically embody a pitiful mentality of “follow the leader, no matter what,” and what we seek is to awaken them by choosing to make a truly messianic sense of social and personal distance our companion.
Farewell to the bed
Of spikes we once shared in pain.
Repli-Gone, vax free.
【Note】
The term "Repli-Gone," used in the essay and haiku, is a play on words, combining "Rep"—short for replication, duplication, or repetition—with the concept of "divorce" (離婚, りこん in Japanese). This expresses a symbolic break from cycles of repetition, both in personal and social contexts. The haiku's closing line, "Repli-gone, vax free," further emphasizes this separation in a satirical way.
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