A Message From the Heart: Six Tanforan Poems

Muka tabete tara nete okite tameiki wo tsuku chō rigai no ri sae arunari
A row of Japanese characters (kanji), translated in the text.

Eating free food
then sleeping, then waking
then heaving a sigh
I suppose there is some sense
in this senselessness.
Two long lines of Japanese Americans of all ages, spanning the width of the photo. In the background is a racetrack, and inside the track are rows of barracks.
American internees in mess hall line at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, CA, April 29, 1942. Dorothea Lange, War Relocation Authority. NARA 537677.
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