01 • Senryu basketball pounding sound pops from garage doors bone snaps a retort 02 • Choka chafing crutches swing a pendulum ticking pain second by second counting the steps that take me closer to farther away than i:ve been before as the p.a. system blares echoes of alien speech 03 • Imayo diving through the sky—the cloudstrung watercourse way i ride in color—sleep like rainbows cast dizzy with a magic wand—the name on my lips is God who remains remote—a horse shying from my hand
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I broke a bone in my foot playing basketball behind my parents’ house while spending time with a good friend … 6 hours before my flight was scheduled to take off. Pain meds made the flight trippy.
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As noted in previous Osaka • 2003 posts, the : in place of ‘ is a reference to my usage of : during my time in Japan because of its placement on the Japanese keyboard.
I appreciate the explanatory note. I kinda figured the broken foot, but that was do jarring I didn't want to assume it.