Abrupt change in the seasons
at "Tokyo Disney Sea"--
A lone man takes a digital
picture of himself
holding the camera
against the autumnal
blue. Shop keepers throw
pails of steam on the sidewalks
while trumpet blasts of pop & classical
hybrids lard the air from speakers
hidden among the shrubs. To my right
a colossal plexiglas globe percolates
with tons of salt water siphoned
from Tokyo bay & the globe
like an inverted fountain
periodically evacuates itself
with boom enough to scatter the pigeons
& spin the heads of the tourists
who are lining up to arrive. A boy
chases two fat red dragonflies
stumbling down the air. His mother
gestures like a drowning girl
for his return. Already
grounds keepers are sweeping
up the sunlight into little piles
& the Japanese are buying Mickey-tainted
tea-towels and other Mickey things.
Wednesday
Sept. 4 9:30 A.M.
Urayasu, Japan
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