Alexandre Nodopaka Poems

I felt your fingers
counting my ribs.

No,
...

I can't help it.
It's beyond my control.
I enter a time warp,
a déjà vu period of my life
...

i think
she is your alter ego
someone you pine for
...

I'll eat popcorn out of her Korean box
any time over licking the green patina
off the Vancouver Stanley Park mermaid's tail
...

Now here's a dozen plus one gringo
lounging in an idyllic setting' fit for kings
and the scene looks good as a Toyo Sesshu ink wash
because in the background
...

Now here's a dozen plus one gringo
loungin' in an idyllic settin' fit for kings
that sure looks good as a Toyo Sesshu ink wash
‘cause in the background
...

Soy un fue, y un será,
y un es cansado.

I am a was, and a will be,
...

Sitting across her
After dinner
He asked
If she wanted
...

You know
I answered
baring
my heart.
...

Branches whisper your name
and dreams of poets I entrust
to the ether.
...