いちど視たもの
一九五五年八月十五日のために――

【１】いちど視たものを忘れないでいよう

パリの女はくされていて
凱旋門をくぐったドイツの兵士に
ミモザの花　すみれの花を
雨とふらせたのです……
【２】小学校の校庭で
わたしたちは習ったけれど
快晴の日に視たものは
強かったパリの魂！

【３】いちど視たものを忘れないでいよう

支那はおおよそつまらない
教師は大胆に東洋史をまたいで過ぎた
霞む大地　霞む大河
【４】ばかな民族がうごめいていると
海の異様にうねる日に
わたしたちの視たものは
廻り舞台の鮮やかさで
あらわれてきた中国の姿！

【５】いちど視たものを忘れないでいよう

日本の女は梅のりりしさ
恥のためには舌をも噛むと
蓋をあければ失せていた古墳の冠
【６】ああ　かつてそんなものもあったろうか
戦おわってある時
東北の農夫が英国の捕虜たちに
やさしかったことが　ふっと
明るみに出たりした∵

【７】すべては動くものであり
すべては深い翳をもち
なにひとつ信じてしまってはならない
のであり
がらくたの中におそるべきカラットの
宝石が埋れ
歴史は視るに価するなにものかであった

【８】夏草しげる焼跡にしゃがみ
若かったわたくしは
ひとつの眼球をひろった
遠近法の測定たしかな
つめたく　さわやかな！

【９】たったひとつの獲得品
日とともに悟る
この武器はすばらしく高価についた武器

舌なめずりして私は生きよう！【０】

（『茨木のり子詩集』より）

（注）「戦」＝「戦い」

Family life in the United States is changing. Twenty-five years ago the housewife cleaned, cooked and took care of the children. She was the most important person in the home. The father earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He was tired when he came home in the evening. So he did not see the children very much, except on weekends. His work at home was usually outside in the yard. The cooking and the cleaning were for women only.
These days, however, many women work outside the home. They can't be at home with the children all day. They are tired, too, when they come home in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening in cooking dinner. They do not have time to clean the house or wash the clothes. So who is going to take care of the children now? Who is going to do the housework?
For every family the answer to this question may be different. But usually the wife does not have to do all the work herself. Today she can get help. One kind of help is the day-care center. Mothers can leave their children at these centers during the day. Then they are free to go to work. Most children enjoy these centers. They can play with toys and games and other children there.
Another kind of help may come from the company a woman works for. The company may allow her to work part-time. That way, she can earn some money. But she can also be with her children part of every day.
But the most important help a woman can get is from her husband. Today, many men share the housework with their wives. In these families the men clean the kitchen and wash the clothes. On some nights, the wife may cook dinner. On other nights it may be the husband. They may both go shopping and they may clean the house together. The husband may also spend more time at home with the children. Some men may even stop working for a while or work only part-time. For these men there is a new word: the "househusband." In the United States more and more men are becoming househusbands every year.
These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can be closer to their children because they are at home more. They can learn to understand their children better. The children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other.