as distant moon

as distant moon fades into sight,
let cool earth don her evening gown.
as lovers ride their midnight lines,
the poor man lays his bedding down.
in shadowed alleys of concrete,
the dull hum of lace-winged mayflies
lit dimly by the craning light
fatigued and weary, slows and dies.
let wet wings break through old clear shell
as monarchs from still treetops fall.
above the pauper’s restless sleep
let graceful, cool wind catch them all.
The quiet town’s at rest and still
moon’s lucent ring and windowsill.

Ko'olau

in the tired folds the lush range wears,

over the rugged creases all lined with verdure gently,

a cool breath courses down its steep untouched face.

the leaden stratus hangs low, brushes the slope with mist,

showers a hushed murmur upon the ancient facade.

in summer

in summer, when the kids got bored, they'd shut the garage and light up.

man when i biked down my friend didnt recognize me she drank from the bottle,

her fingers were charred, her shirt was off. her mom dont care, her

dad died last year. her friends, they left theirs on the ground and watched the

smoke gather on the ceiling; once in a while they screamed - i left. school started,

i saw her she jogged around our block and something grew in her abdomen

so she waved but i didnt. when we sat in the garage last summer with the

door closed we were playing cards and her eyes were red only when she cried.

there was that one time

there was that one time,

when we waited alone at the bus stop back before

it became a large station where seventy people

could wait for the 31 at 6 and

there was only one bench under the low roof

and the sides were made of glass where the

troubled teens would smoke and leave their

cigarette ends all over the place and etch

their identity into the panes

and it was night.

before the rain started there was wind.

i offered you my jacket but you smiled

and bet me that it wasn’t going to

even though you could feel the drops so

i didnt put it on

things i saw in japan

この春休み日本行きました。楽しかっただ。この写真は僕のだ。

I went to Japan this spring break; these are some of the things I saw.  I took these with my little point-and-shoot digital camera, so don't mind the poor quality.

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