Kasen: From Marriott

From: 23 September 2008
To:     21 December 2008
   
Mandala
D.Horse
Anne
Tina



                      mandala                                       

   from Marriott
   to a ruined palace
   ah autumn blast
          (Mandala)

     it was an interlude
     of the prolonged sandstorms
          (D.Horse)

   circles, squares, oblongs
   flag-maker's working in
   the moonlit atelier
          (Anne )

     all the full dress ships
     exchange gun salutes
          (mandala)

   press corps raided
   a sleepy fishing village,
   a white whale washed ashore
          (d.horse)

     run, little mermaid, run
     on your brand new feet
          (anne)

 ウ
   dear passengers
   we’ve crossed the date line
   April 1 now
          (mandala)


          mandala

     I've waited for hours in vain
     such a fool I took her words
          (d.horse)

   in a misty hue
   love romance started
   mobiles being turned off
          (anne)

     only I know that he is
     one of the justices of the SC
          (tina)

   to err is human,
   to forgive may not be
   his wife's policy
          (d.horse)

     come rain or come shine
     single-legged scarecrow
          (mandala)

   harvest moon
   almost falling down
   to the old pond
          (tina)

     up! up! to the highest
     the spire of the rock
          (anne)

   hey kids
   get aroused now with
   the Rolling Stones
          (mandala)

     I don't recall what I ate
     'twas only yesterday
          (d.horse)


                 mandala

   suddenly the game is over
   only the floral scent
   left behind
          (anne)

     on a thrown die
     a butterfly sits
          (tina)

二オ
   walking in the spring breeze
   along the River Sumida,
   Vivaldi from a cardboard house
          (d.horse)

     the trio plays a piece or two
     at Four Seasons’s bar
          (mandala)

   eleven or twelve ?
   the big wall clock
   now strikes
          (tina)

     with full make up
     wiped off
          (anne)


              Jakarta Art Museum

   nasty mirror !
   wrinkle wrinkle
   disasater
          (mandala)

     someday, I believe,
     my prince will come
          (d.horse)

   a limousine
   dragging tins and cans
   marriage of convenience
          (anne)


                          mandala

     they both have
     very good resons for it
          (tina)

   don't ask me
   why I dropped out of
   Harvard
          (d.horse)

     the mantra called me
     from another shore
         (mandala)

   and in me
   the Japanese
   came out strong
          (tina)

     fresh tea caddy opened
     farewell party started
          (anne)

ナウ
   December moon
   lights up the marquee
   of Bedouins
          (mandala)

     camel bells from far away
     linger in the silence
          (d.horse)

   boys,
   never forget
   what your mother taught you
          (tina)

     lullaby goes on like this:
     pain! pain! fly away!
          (anne)

   flower to flower
   a butterfly flits around
   for life or for love
          (d.horse)

     may peace prevail on the earth
     glorious spring in the air
          (mandala)


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