Sawako Nakayasu
from CUSP UPON CUSP: COSMOPHONICAN QUESTIONS
you me me you, you by the name of me, you-me or you-you, you-me-you, yo may yo, i don’t belong to you, you me, you don’t belong to me, me you, but you will go long to be my old public and I will look short to be your old hag, we will put warm bags of water in the bed, if only we have-not-have it. it’s never a matter of ownership anymore. we will raise our children so that they know damn clear that they are the have-not-haves, and i will kiss-not-kiss them on their fore-not-fore heads as they walk out the door-not-door, yo. yo la tengo-not-tango, or some tang, that juice you just poured into my mouth-not-heart. what I long for dukes it out with what I’ve already gone long for. a long forgotten taste, for example kentucky, that was short for kfc that was short for, you know, that chicken. eat your old hag and eat your fingers off. that’s chinese for finger lickin’ good. in japan are special varieties of vip moss, treated with all the decadence and grace as a moss could ever wish for. and everyone, now, how to aim yourselves towards that thick, mossy peace. how to aim low, now and forever, with pleasure, yours and mine.
[Question [中]: 你是谁, 谁是你? ]