Triumph of the Sparrow by Shinkichi Takahashi

Author:Shinkichi Takahashi
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780802198273
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The ocean's in my chest. Walking,

I always throw myself down.

Newssheets, a puppy were dancing in the wind—

Trucks rushed by,

Empty trucks stout enough to carry the earth

On their puncture-proof tires.

The instant I raised my hand to wave,

I was nowhere.

The puppy was sprawled out on its belly,

Run over—again, again.

You're a badger, I'll bet, posing as a mascot

With that moonlit tie

And, sticking from your pocket, night's flower.

Wind

• • • •

Give it words,

Stick limbs on it,

You won't alter essence.

Whereas the wind—

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