I’M LYING ON THE BED AT A MOTEL AND...



(translated by the author and Marilyn Chin)

“If it stops raining”
The buxom singer trills on the radio.
And I,
I am conciousness which puts its ears to
a soft belly,
to hear the sound of the world.
Right now,my world
is a long rainy season.
“If it stops raining”
the singer sings on.
Some obscene drawings,
Numerous names of loves,lovers,
“My love for Reiko,”
scribbled on the walls_
“If it stops raining...”
the singer goes on trilling.
I hate her,Yukiji Asaoka.
I hate her,Ruriko Asaoka,who get angaged
and who will get married
again and again.