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The Funeral
When I was younger, just a boy, I went to a funeral. It was for my grand-mother, father’s side, it was held nearby. I was taken out of school for the day, and followed by hushed condolensces from teachers I barely knew, we made our way there. I don’t remember if I wore a suit,…
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What do you do?
Yesterday an American girl asked me, ‘What do you do?’ I couldn’t answer. I fix broken things I sit alone resisting the urge to drink and write drivel. I answer a calling, my calling? I wipe my ass standing up. I surround myself with beautiful things to hide to hide I think, but rarely am.…
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The Cat
I went for a walk today. A beautiful and clear afternoon, the morning’s frost still clinging to the shade. Approaching a bend in the path, I heard an awful ruckus ahead. The sharp trill of a blackbird disturbed from her nest, and the insistent tone of sparrows warning of danger. Rounding the bend the source…
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Shiranaihito
Shiranai – 知らない – Unknown Hito – ひと – Person Shiranaihito – 知らない人 – Unknown Person I could be anyone, and there is a simplicity and beauty in that statement. As you sit on the train, or bus, or quietly sipping coffee you see a stranger, tap tap tapping away. That could be me. At…