I stare at the page
I stare at the title
I roll it over my tongue
‘Sorry Japanese Girl’
And I think to myself
This title is so hard
But I ask,
Who-
Who is this Japanese girl?
Why am I sorry?
I stop
I worry
Is this, is this,
(whispering) Is this 3 am madness?
Sorry Japanese girl
Me no love you long time
Silly Japanese girl
This, this , this is not your world
As my pen reads to my eyes
I’m surprised
Japanese girl
You possess me
Japanese girl, oh lord I’m sorry…
…and I read on
Staring at my pen as it moves along this
page
And I’m thinking
This is dumb
Dumb because
I just wrote an entire piece
About a title and
I think it’s a masterpiece
(Sigh)…I need to quit
So sorry Japanese girl
This is it
Glen Toussaint 2011 ©
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