Hiroshi Satow

men in black,
women also.
I've seen them a couple of times
since I was a kid,
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in the supermarket I found chou a la creme grandma really loved,
and I saw Baumkuchen mom often used to have.

now they're gone, mom and grandma,
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I thought it was snow
but it wasn't
it was just a pebble
gleaming in the late autumn's sun
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walking about aimlessly
in a backstreet of Tokyo
on a June afternoon
I saw a dog
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I lost my gravity,
self and memory, too.
maybe I'm happy,
nowhere to go,
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'God sees everything we do, '
Which makes women blush.

'God sees everything we do, '
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We always praise
The first star of the evening,
And usually not
The second light of the night,
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not knowing where I am
I looked up the sky above
everywhere's just the same ―
not knowing where I am
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I thought it was a butterfly;
But it wasn't.
Just a shadow of something flying;
I tried to glance at it
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The evening star or the morning star?
Whichever it may be named,
Anyone can see it.
Any day.
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'He hasn't written for months.'
'He's been busy.'
'He's been tired.'
'Maybe he's broken up with one of the Muses, unable to write.'
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