* tram to memorial *
Sept 1, 2025
Okayama
the jackhammer building
something
probably doesn’t need built
or not for me,
after all
the streetcar line torn up
to reach the station
so it reaches nowhere –
for a while
a man
hat on backwards
should I tell him?
a young guy carrying
a single bare fluorescent tube
like a trophy
a Chinese tourist family
blinking outside hotel
so many suitcases
no hats
suddenly people
give up on looking presentable
shorts
& sandals – gasp
announcements on the streetcar
louder than a Who concert
at the Kingdome
a shop announcement
desperate for me to purchase a washer
(the most expensive item
at home)
no decent coffee shop
in sight
whatever
no time anyhow
see the hostesses with doll faces on signs
who might not really exist
and anyhow
should still be asleep
after champagne
platonic chit chat
til 4
jam earphones in harder
better days
they sing
sure if you say so
grit teeth
for a calculated
memorandum conversation
about how I’m broken
and not broken
you
need to rest
she’ll say
and I can’t
nekkid man
fist raised
shouting a slogan
was maybe correct
after all
after all
after all
after all
yet put on sunscreen
precautions
for the delicate
after all
