Blue carpets like the sea
Learning how to braid Using hair ribbons and The leg of a chair My mother taught me She let me help her make French toast When I was too sick To go to my best friend’s birthday party I was inconsolable until she consoled me My sister’s room seventies brown and orange Sunday family night with Disney movies |
Except the living room floor
And our tent made from pink and yellow blankets Ready made to receive the room’s warm incandescence In just the right amount Tucked under coffee table legs Hung from ceiling lights Crawling through to sit on the soft blanketed floor Pillows for chairs And another treat Pizza dinner No interruptions And sweet dessert. This was where I was a child and |
Daily Archives: November 1, 2015
My Street Japan. Day 39.
I call this, “Everything looks better at night.”
I also want to point out that precisely one day after Halloween (a holiday far from indigenous to Japan) is over, the Christmas (another holiday not indigenous to Japan) decorations go up, here, at the barbers!
Long live celebration!