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1. The sky looks green to me The sky looks green to me The street where the magnolias bloom Slopes gently down Towards the station but The view Looks like somewhere else The study mansions Of the rich Line the streets where The magnolias bloom Nomadic America and The floating state The sky looks green to me Errors in time knitted by light and The ringleader of a gang-rape and A twenty-second birthday The sky looks The sky looks The sky looks To me
2. Japanese cola is sweet! Japanese cola is too sweet That is not entirely normal That is not entirely, normal Kurobe dam Kurobe dam That is not entirely normal That is not entirely, normal Coca cola trapped behind the dam That is not entirely normal That is not entirely, normal Sept 10th is not normal Sept 10th is not normal That is not entirely, normal The LCD will presently rupture That is not entirely normal Two heroes have died That is not entirely normal
3. Monkeys don't pray Monkeys don't pray A dead cat A monkey watches A dead cat Monkeys don't pray A dead cat A brid watches A bird warbles Monkeys don't pray A dead cat A person watches A person embraces Monkeys don't pray A dead cat A dog watches A dog bursts into tears Monkeys don't pray A dead cat A monkey watches A monkey doesn't pray Stinking apes never pray
4. Mandala TOOT (H) Sea or mountain or river, any will do The cup will break* A cold looking town The lights of this town The cup will break A great bike soars through the sky The cup will break The length of the shadow of a telegraph pole is different from the pole The night of a three-times day Is too dark to care Gradually it falls to pieces My back The cup will break Calmly I recall those people from the corner of the newspaper article Will they die? Today feels somehow different from yesterday The cup will break * Kop? Cop? K to P? Foreign child? Foreigners' child? * "There was nothing to which their singing voices could be compared." Sarashina Diary.
5. Sound deadening Sound deadening In Fukushima, DEYAY1 FOR OUR TWO SOULS- DEYAY For the roar of the incoming sea, for the north face of Mt. Fuji- DEYAY DEYAY For Sekino Magoroku2 DEYAY DEYAY Under the light of the moon........... 1 Deyay is a shout of approval used in Ainu festivals. The Ainu are the indigenous inhabitants of northern Japan and Hokkaido. 2 A famous swordsmith ofthe 16th century, and by extension any swords that bear his name. A Sekino Magoroku blade was used to behead the novelist Yukio Mishima.
6. Playing wounded--for Musashi-- A shrike sings from a withered tree
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