bonenkai
salaryman
throws up on the train –
the year forgotten
a struggling smile –
oseibo girl
hours on her feet
impulse buy
is the anagram of
pub Elysium
if only
she would bag a boyfriend
before Christmas
year after year
decorations are getting
more realistic
false security:
every shop I step into
every shop I step into
plays 'jingle bells'
a small boy in me
throwing snowballs
at my son
by a plastic tree
by a plastic tree
wrapped up in fleece
moon out of focus
at midnight
trying not to wake them –
my classic guitar
The above poems are supposed to be 'senryu', a particular from of Japanese verse, which I will discuss in some detail in one of the upcoming posts. 'Bonenkai' is Japanese ritual of getting drunk at the end of the year, usually done with co-workers, and it's something every adult must do, or else... As far as I can tell most working women don't enjoy it yet obligingly attend as one of those things. Most Japanese men are notoriously 'weak' drinkers and quite a few prone to misbehaving on public transport.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
