Sometimes you just gotta get on your grandma-style bike and ROLL
past the remnants of fukuoka castle, water lilies
past the persuasive hair salon
past the sign that says i'm not allowed to practice golf here
right on past the corner with the ramen place that reminds me of the cover of paul's boutique
past the under-the-bridge tags way over in wajiro
right on by this place
right on into this shrine
through the shrine
out the back end and into the forest
into the sun
down along the beach trail
way up to the top of a hill
right back down again and along the bay, looking for mudskippers
into the reeds
out onto a little stretch of sand
that someone apparently lives on
back home by way of island city
and back to the kashii kaikan
SOLID CRUISE
MY GOD THAT MADE MY DAY.
I’m trapped in Houston and that was the little thing I needed.