A Race Between

Start your stop
watches, we are getting
going, we are counting
geiger numbers down and up
like it’s a race
between fear and hope.

Isn’t there an iPhone app for this?

Mirra’s in Tokyo
Meri’s in Tokyo
Lance’s in Tokyo
Sammy’s in Tokyo
Yangjah’s going
not
going
not
going
not
going
to Tokyo

Yesterday I called a friend
and asked my first
21st century question:
“Shall we cancel the picnic
because of the nuclear cloud?”

We didn’t.
We played on
on an almost empty
riverside.



jerry gordon
3.16.11
Osaka