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I Want To Be a Japanese Schoolgirl

from Star Annis by Radio Wire Empire

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sound - MDR/RWE
poetry - R. Annis

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by ROBERT ANNIS -

I want to be a Japanese schoolgirl skipping

through Kyoto streets, my pleated skirt swimming
in the wind. I want to wear the naval tones they learn in
on the other side of the world, socks on high
enough to make Nabokov blush, my hair cut
like a birdcage, with bangs that tickle my eyebrows.

I want to fall in love with a poet
who can teach me to write tanka
like Akiko Yosano:

Press my breasts. As firm
as late autumn pears, they bend
my blouse more each year.
Feel the heart inside my veins
and while I’m alive, love me.

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from Star Annis, released February 7, 2013

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