A cicada shell
By Matsuo Basho
A cicada shell;
it sang itself
utterly away.
The Cicada is further referenced by Basho in two other poemshttp://oldpoetry.com/opoem/98955-Matsuo-Basho-None-is-travelling http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/17544-Matsuo-Basho-Stillness