I want
to be nobody for now
watch the sky
turn colors
while sipping tea
then somebody
pops in again
screams —
haven’t got much time left
gotta gotta gotta
what’s the hurry
let the breeze catch me
why
rush
destiny
re-arranging
pieces of my mind
while wind
echoes
childhood songs
the price
of being human
as a bulging disc
settles back
into the chord
Genie Nakano
revised August 26, 2017
changed title from echoes to Nobody for Now
International Tanka No. 2 2017
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