I thought it really
Wasn’t so bad. But
It only gets worse.
I’m not ready to be a man.
Let me sulk a little more
In this sunshine.
I want to drink
In the night and in the day,
Then search for some relief.
Everywhere extended
Hands of friendship are
Emptying my pockets.
Cold diet soft drink
Burns my canker sore
And gives the roots of my teeth a painful jolt.
Tragedy of errors
Repeatedly,
Smash something up good.
What’s inside
Your body, girl?
Black-red slime, she cooed.
Nothing is funny
In this house of mine
In the spring time.
Rhinoceros horn
Or dinosaur artifact
Springs from my garden.
Love is like
Receiving many Christmas cards,
But all of them are empty.
Love is like
Winning the lottery jackpot
But losing the ticket.
Love is like
When you go away to college
And then your hamster dies.
Love is like
When your dog impregnates
Your hated neighbor’s bitch.
In the languid heat,
students in the teachers’ room
for the air conditioning.
Housewives walk their dogs every day.
But here comes a manwith his rabbit.
After dinner on an empty street,
tanuki dashes across the schoolyard.
Greet the tattooed neighbor,
whom I don’t know,
because we’re tribal brothers.
Animated movies touch my heart
with their old soundtrack.
Colleagues at work,
strangers outside,
girls in summer dresses.
Traveling home
for summer vacation
with an ominous feeling.
Since I was a child
a monster in the dark
under my bed lurks.
Deserted apartment building,
abandoned swings,
the noise of absent children.