To Esra
outside the office window
the sky rains thick flakes of ukiyo-e snow
a severe bunny rabbit in a kimono
stands
a respectful stance near the doorway
hand on his sword
waiting to escort me to my tricycle
(69 speeds
my friend tells me he cemented his family
into a wall
hot in winter cool in summer
his lover
knife in her teeth
crawls backwards on the
bedroom floor
when the cats sleep
on my desk
an uncanny or
der
ing of
paper fruitcake and coffeecup
yields an unexpected harvest of
serious thoughts
and thoughts of restarting rearmament
tangling in your legs
rolling off your tongue