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Klara and the Sun
Read more: Klara and the SunMotherfucker made me cry on a train. That’s not a nice thing to do but I don’t let stuff like that get to me anymore. Boys can cry, too. Don’t let the gender Nazis tell you different. Besides, Kazuo Ishiguro can’t hide his tear-jerking beauty any better than the rest of us can. I don’t…
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When the wind is strong
Read more: When the wind is strongWhen the wind is strong, The earth seems like someone’s kite. But as it is still high noon, Men notice that night is already there. The wind uses no words, But only frets as it swirls about. I think of the winds on other starts, Whether they could be friends together. On the earth, there…
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I’ve changed completely
Read more: I’ve changed completelyI’ve changed completely Yes I’m wearing the same tie as yesterday I’m as poor as yesterday As useless as yesterday Even so I’ve changed completely. Yes I’m wearing the same clothes as yesterday I’m as blind drunk as yesterday As clumsy as yesterday Even so I’ve changed completely Ah Faced with all the half smiles…
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Words words
Read more: Words wordsI keep on vacant land A horse which none can see Now and again grasping the reins I go to meet a twelfth-century Zen priest He lived for eight hundred years There is no trace of his body His body has turned into words Soon even the words will be gone Until then a…