The crush of urban Tokyo
Crawling into ancient daydreams
And coming off as murky rain
City within cities
Unsettled, streetless
The wavelength of logographic script
Moves as water across concrete and glass
Across faces, figures, and forms
Some alive and human
Some dead and decaying
Once a tree blossoming in the rays of
The dizzy rising sun
Now a destabilizing cathedral
Don't look down when you bow
To such fallen gods
Look them in the eye