SMALL APES AND WHITE FEET
moon drifts in cloud
I’ve half a mind
to borrow
a small ape
(adapted from Shiki)
*
what does the man next door do
with his two perfect
feet?
(adapted from Basho)
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the moon is following me
so am I
*
I will gaze at the moon
until it worries
about me
(adapted from Zeami)
*
the snap of a butterfly
a book
beneath my feet
*
a pleasant crackling of bones
as I walk
pursued by no-one
*
since my house burned down
I plug the television
into the ground
(adapted Massahide)
*
what does the man next door do
with one perfect
foot?
(adapted from Basho)
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This road,
no one goes down it,
Bathurst Street.
(after Basho)
The departing spring
with the men of Toronto
I have lamented.
(after Basho)
I go,
you stay;
two Torontos.
(after Buson)
White blossoms of the pear
and a woman in Toronto
reading a letter.
(after Buson)
Blown from the west
fallen leaves gather
in Toronto.
(after Buson)
With my father
I would watch dawn
over Toronto.
(after Issa)
Once, a fear pierced him
in that he mistook his shadow
for that of the CN tower.
(after Stevens)
moon drifts in cloud
I’ve half a mind
to borrow
Toronto
(adapted from Shiki)
*
what would Toronto do
with two perfect
feet?
(adapted from Basho)
*
*
I will gaze at Toronto
until it worries
about me
(adapted from Zeami)
*
a pleasant crackling of bones
as I walk
pursued by Toronto
*
since the trees burned down
I plug Toronto
into the ground
(adapted Massahide)
*
what does the man next door do
with a perfect
Toronto?
(adapted from Basho)
Barn's burned down
now
I can see the barn
Moon's gone down
now
I can see the barn
(after Masahide)
I want to see the moon.
Gary, may I borrow
your barn?
(after Masahide)
eyes burning
nothing left but the barn
blazing at the back of the brain
*
hey, hugh
lend me your barn
I've a barn door
a horse just bolted from
I'd like to keep
the moon outsized
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