The road where I passed today Was not the same as yesterday.
The driver took the shortest route – the easiest. Moulting: The snake shedding its skin.
Changes, I said to myself. Changes.
There were three of us left inside the vehicle. Two faces I am familiar with – that of a woman and a man.
Science’s skin lapping that of religion’s
Stitching of the skin – woman. Cutting of the skin – man.
Now, I’m thinking of Africa. Now, I’m thinking of Jews.
I told the driver to stop on the other side. I lifted the lock, raised the door open, and went out.
Waiting for an idea to struck: An idea -- that a mouse should cross my path, An idea -- that a cat would sit on its favorite spot. And I would say: It’s too early.
The sky, after reading a letter from the sun, blushes pink. “Look at her skin,” I would tell you, “pink.”
Reading is listening. We listen to what we read. Reading and listening to their voices: Their voices have their own skin.
Irezumi. Traditional Japanese tattooing – an art. I remembered you. And your skin.
She – the mountain woman. Perhaps, they can make her a National Artist.