FROM THE SIDE OF A WINDOW
Horiuchi Satoru
Because of the defeat of Nippon,
The eldest son of my foster parents had much damage in his mind.
It's over 50 years ago.
On the oter hand, this is of today,
Because of the exhaust of cars,
My mind got out of tune!
Do you know Kawasaki?
I've been in this city since my birth.
Don't you think we had better make my town gated?
In every one hour, over 60 cars will come and go by my window.
Every time the sound of a motor comes into my ears,
I have to shut a window in green grief.
KUSO YAROU!
I can't help my brain getting poor and poor!
Though I qualified as a fanatical member of an epoch-making brain trust!
I'll go to sleep now.
Please groan all the motors down on my behalf in your favorite way.
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Horiuchi Satoru
sat...@kw.NetLaputa.ne.jp
http://www.NetLaputa.ne.jp/~satoru/english/seiko/
Dennis Hammes
Very nearly a series of haiku (too many syllables, of course!). It
puts me in mind of some of the Classic Chinese Complaints Pound and
Fenollosa reported. A cultural thing, think you? Traditional?
It well says what it says. Been there myself, thanks!
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dmh
One DOS of a world without walls or fences, and
you get used to living without windows or gates.
http://blitz.org/fishhook/