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Jedd Ong
Poems
Jan 2015
Lost On Harajuku Street
There is a forgetfulness
To pride that
Will never be cured
By stop signs,
Cold-culled footsteps
Telling you to
Step back,
Traffic stops pointing you
In opposite directions.
"Pride"
Is but a matter of here
And hearing—
Of hear and now—
Of watching the tail ends
Of mufflers blow
You off with exhaust
Smoke and choke
On their spit—
Honking at your pride
And unsure gait,
Leading you into alleyways
Sprawling with brightly
Colored graffiti,
Pink painted faces, misfit
Tongues and a silence
Uncharacterized by
The glamour of the city—
Only this
They deem yours.
Written by
Jedd Ong
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