Chibashi, Wakabaku, 6:30

The monorail
The empty station
The mountain of bicycles
The standing signs
After the rain
Before the umbrella

The terminal
A mechanical dog
And a few cans
Small teeth
Forming a smile

Lobotomy
A dial tone
Chattering voices
Headphones
Janis Ian

This on and off melancholy is stabbing
My fluttering eyes with throbbing pain

On top of a hill
In a neighborhood
By the riverside
I walk
The road home
6:30
With a patched eye
Like an infection