LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Benihana
Benihana
she wishes Rocky usada cookbooks rūma moe : bedroom cuisine
niho : nitro libido samurai diced & sliced
sweet & sour calypso in a hotei tiki mug baby girl knows he burned the rice
she wishes Rocky a rave kei : at Che Fong’s bungalow
uru : enter the binghi harps played by Duke Lukela
she wishes Rocky tossed oriental shrimp y huevos in a hot tub
korā : over there Kono Kalakaua is manning the grill
his backgammon trophy awaits him in heaven
an afterlife supply of jheri curl kits
saketini on the house a rave in his name
in virtuous timbre she mantras, “come now, no more faking blackouts.”
Japanese custom Rocky’s poly
konā: there, ka tākaro ngā tamariki ki waho with Ginsu knives
the children will play outside
Chin Ho Kelley is attending to them
she wishes Rocky muziek di zumbi, a day with Sizzla in a hot air balloon
a hummer converted ice-cream truck
te tae : the color of kikorangi : blue
a collage of sugar cones & strawberry road on DVD
his wrestling pecks in high-res he did not patent the fortune cookie, but…
pequino manu, no strife from Bobos down Lenox Ave.
pūrnimā : night of full moon, night of vaudevillian lineage
someone did not read the omikuji
she wishes Rocky an odò kāshmīrī dam gōsht
pepper steak hea : where?
mua: in front of heroes & foes
konei: here she wishes Rocky moe: sleep
passage in not an abebuu adekai fashioned like his teppanyaki
but his speedboat severing Bullwinkle’s spleen
somewhere in Iceland she wishes Rocky jouk & Wonderbras abundant
two centerfolds for the price of one a rave in his name
a place where he eats his celestial tsujiura senbei
uru : enter again the binghi harps played by Duke Lukela
he’s finally escaped the Blacks and the Jews
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Benihana is written in Maori, Hawaiian, Japanese, Samoan, English, and some Hindi/Urdu. Rocky is Hiroaki Aoki, the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain. Omikuji is Japanese for fortune slip and the type of the cookie often associated with Chinese restaurants. The fortune cookie was "allegedly" introduced to America by the Japanese in the early 20th century. Che Fong, Duke Lukela, Kono Kalakaua, and Chin Ho Kelley were characters in the original television series Hawaii Five-O.
