Lire plusWhen I rise from this chair, a part of me wants to go there, to Tokyo.
Lire plusLes mots je deviens fou résonnaient dans ma tête. C’était vraiment très désagréable. Tellement désagréable que j’avais vraiment l’impression de devenir fou.
Lire plusI am the only American in this bar.
Everybody else is Japanese.
(reasonable / Tokyo)
I speak English.
They speak Japanese.
(of course)
They try to speak English. It’s hard.
I can’t speak Japanese. I can’t help.
We talk for a while, trying.
Then they switch totally to Japanese
for ten minutes.
They laugh. They are serious.
They pause between words.
I am alone again. I’ve been there before
in Japan, America, everywhere when you
don’t understand what somebody is
talking about.
Lire plusI’m depressed,
haunted by melancholy
that does not have a reflection
nor cast a shadow.
12,000,000 people live here in Tokyo.
I know I’m not alone.
Others must feel the way
I do.
Lire plusWhen dreams wake
life ends.
Then dreams are gone.
Life is gone.