Urban Monologue
still life — 6
- 01 Breakfast Breakfast, hello, America, I am in Boston.
- 02 Cottage I watch my grandfather, sitting in his rocking chair, In the hunter's cottage, the fire dances, cooking hot tea, He fum…
- 03 Shadow All night, I lie in bed, Staring at the shadows on the snow-white wall.
- 04 Candle Flicker, candle, dance and glow, How you move like waves that flow.
- 05 The Observer Every morning, lunchtime, afternoon, and evening, I stand behind the window watching my neighbors, my subjects of obser…
- 06 Going Home More than once, I told my father, I was afraid to go home.
- 07 Side We have no name.
- 08 Join Us come to the new world.
- 09 Hope Hope is right here, call it what you may, I've brought a flower from the real world today.
- 10 Window I think my wife has gone crazy.
- 11 Manifesto The world begins to tremble unevenly, In my eyes, vision falls upon the screen, up and down, White noise, black ink spo…
- 12 Trash Always, they say culture flows like a river, Where they savor each glistening drop, Reflecting the world's countless ta…
- 13 Siren I hear from afar, The siren breaks the city apart.
- 14 The Age Of Secrets In ages past, in times long ago, Before spider-folk and lunar myths were drawn, No prisons held us, no debates were bor…
- 15 Private Sky A voice comes down from the cloud, I listen quietly, the gate closes behind.
- 16 Umbrella Repeatedly remind me to bring an umbrella, You say it often rains here.
- 17 The Barn Passing by a patch of land, like similar farmland, Yellow and green.
- 18 Pockets Walking quarter of the way, dream not yet awake.
- 19 Room March, three months, another, and after.
- 20 The White Tree (1) On the yellow fields, alone, stands a white tree.
- 21 Farewell This is their world, after all, where I once came, and then decided to leave.
- 01 Ears Skin brushing against plastic, then the luminous floor, Gray spots pulsing, dancing along familiar streets, across leng…
- 02 River I pick up the pen Which they say this will cause the drain.
- 03 Kite A shadow hides into the city light, No longer finding him in the night.
- 04 Gentleness A gentle breeze comes softly, brushing past my ears, It brings sunlight, filtering through my eyes.
- 05 Telecine The shape formed by a group of cats — can tell you the dog's name.
- 06 Beloved Within the blue reflections of the glass cabinet, There stands that golden figure, metallic, Embracing the one, is love…
- 07 In The Sunlight My gaze drifts over one who sleeps in calm repose, Beyond the chairback, there, I see those hands unfold.
- 08 Silver Tipped Shoes I feel the sharp gaze from across the room, Breaking my quiet like a sudden boom.
- 09 Feet (1) In a distant, distant nook, There stands a house to look.
- 10 Missing White wings, dark hands, Halos, fresh flowers, blue lotus robes, Only a face, missing.
- 11 Unworthy People ask me, unabashedly, What value I carry, what worth I hold.
- 12 Wandering Don't be afraid, We're still on Earth today.
- 13 How should God protect European squirrels, As we can see?
- 14 Milk Cow Cat Beneath night's smell, through window walls, four squares, My mind painted a bright cow standing there.
- 15 Symphony Walking through the night, Listening to symphonies played by moonlight.
- 16 Behind My Mind Within your mind the cosmos dwell, Beyond my form, behind me still, Heavenly whispers, I can tell.
- 17 Dancing Children Blue light streams through clouds of yellow hue, Shining on glass untouched by time's decay, Casting shadows where powe…
- 18 Today The moon flips, open a day, ripples and metal kneaded into a cup, quiet drum from my soul has delayed, by the bed's edg…
- 19 Flying Away On the power line outside, a bird rests still, I think it must be a sparrow, as I sit at the restaurant's long-legged c…
- 20 Perplexity Before my eyes, is an aged face, Hearing a youthful voice, beside my ear, Speaking of something outdated, from his mout…
- 21 Crown Antiques Crown Antiques, At 1018 Fifth Ave, Near Duquesne University.
- 22 Drowned Spirit There isn't a decent river in the city center, That can wash away the thoughts and sorrows in one's heart.
- 23 Young Blood You ask me to share your pain, calling it suffering.
- 24 The Absurd Dancing, she dances, is the absurd, the absurd and more, Like clouds your polished mind changes shape forevermore.
- 25 Traces Of Healing The statuette lies askew in the grass, The cracks in the road mended with black rubber, Forcing plants to surrender all…
- 26 Cube Cube, I've told you more than once, you will never become a ball.
- 27 The Only Eyes, Not turning away from the phone, Waiting for each word to appear on the screen.
- 01 Dusk Like tiny fine droplets, The breeze lifts delicate gauze at bedside, A blue light enters, tinged with pink and orange h…
- 02 Tourist In time, a high wall rises, a fortress is built, Only to resist the erosion of time, the invasion of memories, Until op…
- 03 Sleeping In You lean against the train's side wall, Sinking deep into slumber, Glasses perched upon your face.
- 04 Roaring Roaring, sneezing, sobbing.
- 05 Iron Nails The neighborhood, digital elevators emerging from the ground, Trees jutting at angles, green palms nestled between buil…
- 06 Urban Monologue Like flowers on a balcony, I gaze at the wall.
- 07 Just A Sign They say, I'm nothing special.
- 08 Thermos Although I cannot merge into your world, I stand on the table, My hard metal interior encased in the exterior, in white.
- 09 Winter Pink, slowly tears the frosted winter free, Sugar-coated season begins to slip away.
- 10 Snowy County Sunlight glides across the rooftop.
- 11 After Snow I cannot say, as snow fell.
- 12 Green Tea Not until the end of the fourteenth chapter, Did I finally break free from my ruminating thoughts, And hear the convers…
- 13 Afternoon Nap After lunch, at Tabetomo in New York, A draft of Sapporo, a large serving of ramen.
- 14 Boring Clouds The train rushes past a curtain of trees, A house appears, then vanishes in seconds.
- 15 Platform Midnight blue, Peter River, lightest and mair; Moon blurs softly, impressions, beyond aware.
- 16 Coin I want to sing a song without wind, In the moment when the coin is tossed, Consciousness slips past sunlight and smile,…
- 17 Stone Frog Under the cherry blossoms, Two stone frogs, Some say they're golden toads.
- 18 Yellow Random ink, one night, fills the sky.
- 19 Early Spring I arrived at the era, to be displayed.
- 20 Washing At five, I get up from the boat, washing; Seven, washing, waking up, washing.
- 21 Third Three I pull up winter, from bed, The air conditioner walks beyond quilts.
- 22 Black Paint From birth, we have been wearing it, Protecting our souls, immortal yet unfading.
- 23 Night Light I close the door, turn on the night light.
- 24 Ghost Upon the prairie, here, zebras bend and tear, Their breast, born from light, common and ordinary.
- 25 Photo Many people walk down, over the sake of my head, On the white wall ahead, I see smiling faces with urban minds.
- 26 Feather I look at myself in the mirror, Teardrops sliding down my cheeks.
- 27 Breathe Away Sunlight enters his home, wait, Life after snow, with sparrows, start, Iron wire leaps from cars to trees, Dead woods b…