"hayao" poems
Siriyw bilai bipang mwsayw
Gwthang pithaipwr lorhai langw
Rwdapwra rongzayw dalai ranzringw
Langdang hayao dakhwr japobw
Gwsw Birw okhrang gezerzwng dwimu
Sansriyw gwdan khiliyw jiu
Simangpwr thaiyw unduhabna thayw jiu
Akhai-Athing rubaiyw swlera mengru
Onthaiya dudruyw dwisa gathwn
Dinga gwzaow udang fhwisali gwzan
San habw dandise minina swnab gwzan
Dao palw birlangw bahayo gwdan
Bere bamblema birw bibarao
Sikhiri megon sayw nainw hayiao
Bidwipwra khathw zayw dikharao
Pithaini habilaya seolangw thasariao.
Dec 5, 2015
Dec 5, 2015 at 10:11 PM UTC
I feel like we are in
an old Hayao Miyazaki movie.
I suspect we are hand-drawn people
hunched over hand-spun milkshakes from a classic American diner
like Culver's burgers and fries.
I imagine the real me
has fallen asleep on a couch
in front of a microwaved dinner
somewhere in the distant future.
I think I was watching
the snow
fall outside the window
like static on a TV screen.
I could have been watching
the same Saturday morning
on loop,
walking in frames
to the same diner we've been going to since you were five.
There, we meet for breakfast
by the window.
Your hand is drawn wearing a gold wedding ring. I smile behind a silver beard.
Though it's hard to recognize our faces,
we say things that sound familiar
something about
how our favorite
Hayao Miyazaki movies
illustrated the passage of
time
through the eyes of a child
You order a kids meal
with a milkshake
in a classic re-enactment of
the days
I thought would
never end.
Feb 16, 2020
Feb 16, 2020 at 3:20 PM UTC