Kit Kelen #305 - over and over (after Tanikawa Shuntaro)

305

over and over

Lethe-ward!

after Tanikawa Shuntarō

we do these things

again and again

key in the door

turn

knives at the ready

breakfast, lunch

chew

how many times?

a name means that

we've been before

yawn and stretch

undress for bed

little tinkle?

lust is larger

you've dreamt a track

this far till now

like insect

under bark

it sticks – this something

in that same head's crevice

bitch, back bite

bite back

it's the same animal we wolf down

forks and spooning up

and me

in the maw

a kiss for the familiar

are two any breaths the same?

it's not yesterday's sigh

but who will keep the catalogue?

breathe more coal

go faster, faster

take steps and knowing what to do

each step may seem familiar

there is resemblance

siblings show

arpeggio's one chord

no other strings or keys could brighten

journeys end in the earth

ways go on

we sniff at the flower

till the scent is gone

death will be a unique experience

but nothing to remember