Thrilled by a friend's poetry collection, Takuboku begins to lose confidence in himself. Kyousuke tries to cheer him up, but when he finds out that Takuboku was involved in talks of someone buying Oen, the prostitute from the same province as them, he can't conceal his indignation. Meanwhile, at the milk hall, Yoshii, Sakutarou, and Bokusui hold a poetry contest, refereed by Nomura, to see who will confess their feelings to Kiku, the waitress.
Exactly the kind of poem I'd expect 
a closet lecher like you to compose.
نوعيّة القصائد التي أتوقّع أن يؤلّفها
شهوانيّ انطوائيّ مثلك
Das ist genau so ein Gedicht, was ich
von so einem Perversling wie dir erwarte.
Ta lubricité cachée a refait surface !
Proprio il genere di poesia che mi aspetterei
da uno come te, che nasconde di essere libertino!
O tipo de poema esperado
de um parasita como você.
Именно этого и ждёшь
от скрытого развратника вроде тебя.