Little Chapel Christmas, Nihonbashi
decked in plastic
trees a tangle
of electric lights
girls with the I.Q.s
of potted plants
mistletoe, ornament
pediment
pedophilic
fetishists
Xmas comes
365 days a year
something special slipped
into a stocking
what she wants –
a Burberry scarf,
or designer handbag
pleasure in a box of
knee socks and underwear
in this Nativity scene
Jesus the name
of just another john
Love Train
white-gloved working stiffs
shove riders
into openings
cars at 160% capacity
on the morning
commute
salarymen stand
accused of
groping
office ladies
flowers of the
workplace
schoolgirls young
as a neighbor’s
daughter
hang on nylon straps
bouncing to
the train’s
rhythmic
method
pulling out
of the station
the press of bodies
tamaranai
-- an uncontrollable urge
enough cause
for arrest &
conviction
paying off the yakuza
and other
authorities
for a falsely
i.d.’ed
positive
keep hands in
sight
at all times
Hello Kitty
brand identification
begins at an
early age
with hairpins
& rubbers
then cell phones &
vibrators
the passage from girlhood
to woman
marked by references
to apple and banana
euphemisms of deflowering
in the altered graphic
a cherry
leaf & stem replaces
pussy’s red bow
as she
nurses a digit
round-faced cat
without a mouth
what would you say you have seen
smiling rabbits looking on
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