Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a poem ‘that includes a line that you’re afraid to write…because it expresses something very personal that makes you uncomfortable…’
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death
The first one to go (A poem)
Intrigued today by the idea that some folks will always be with us…
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December 8th
It was Monday evening, a few minutes before 9 p.m. I had spent the last 35 minutes or so listening to Armed Forces by Elvis Costello and the Attractions; M*A*S*H would be coming on at 9, so I put away the LP, turned off the stereo, and headed for the living room. Continue reading
On the death of Saejima Nao (a poem)
Saejima Nao (冴島奈緒) was a model, actress, and adult-video star who rose to prominence in the late eighties, around the time that I moved to Tokyo. Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 