japan's wild west

[dukealien]

plum trees blossom pink
cow bells ring in the meadow
rustler's are busy

Subtle; nice images.  I try to [over]interpret the apostrophe on L3, then desist.

Alert guards on bamboo watchtowers, seeking fruitlessly for a reason bells sound in the darkness below.  One of them returns his bow to its case and brushes this spring haiku by the light of a hanging fire-pot.  He recites it to his comapanions, who laugh over sake bowls as thieves lead their prizes away.