We smile at each other …
Ai
When the rooster jumps up on the windowsill …
Overhead, the match burns out, …
1. RUSSIA, 1927 …
I didn’t write Etsuko, …
“Earth is the birth of the blues,” sang Yellow Bertha, …
I scissor the stem of the red carnation …
My sister rubs the doll’s face in mud, …
You keep me waiting in a truck …
Lightning hits the roof, …