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Hello Kitty
Pink ribbon
Hello Kitty
Full of dreams in her big head
Kitty
How many times did you cry this week?
Kitty
How's it going with Daniel lately?
Kitty
Outside will be spring soon
Yet cold, but there's a tender breeze like music
Particles of orange bloom in sunlight
Kitty
I noticed at once then
That invisible thing really exists
Kitty
As
I saw golden wings of angels
I don't know what I should do from now on
Kitty
You know
Yesterday, we walked joining hands
and said goodbye as usual
Kitty
Am I still all right?
Will I arrive somewhere sometime?
Kitty
You can fall in love
when you are over twelve
You don't have to
But most of us do somehow
Kitty
Time is circling and circling around this planet
It drives a person crazy
till the last year, but this year...
Kitty
Making love is beautiful
but we had better not do it
I think that is the case
Kitty
How does
Daniel kiss you? Is it good?
How does
he hug you?
Is he gentle with you till the end?
Kitty
How can I do that
invisible thing
That is invisible but visible
But few people can see it
Kitty
Will you go picking flowers?
Where will you go?
Can I come with you?
Kitty
When I mirror myself
I can't believe a very long time has passed
Kitty
Girl becomes young woman
becomes middle-aged
old-aged
dead
Kitty
Tell you what, I saw a ballet
Sleeping Beauty, it was very pretty
From my inside you saw it, too, didn't you?
Skyblue organdy dress
Twinkling tiara
Kitty
At that time, oh yeah, that time
We tried hard, oh yeah, we tried very hard
Kitty
A word is said to have a color
If you can speak, it would be pink
Same as your ribbon
Kitty
You love to swing
The sky is slant, the ground is slant
However much you swing you can't go anywhere
As your body and skirt lift...
Kitty
Pink ribbon
Full of dreams in your head forever
Kitty
Will you live with a girl who
is younger, after I am gone?
Kitty, I hear someone's footsteps
Kitty, I hear the voice, too
Kitty, the phone is ringing
Hello? Kitty? Kitty?
Thankyou, Kitty
Byebye, Kitty
translated from the Japanese by Jennifer Hill Kaucher and Kazue Daikoku
*Jennifer's poem is available on Fragments #8
note: If you don't know "Kitty", please visit Sanrio's official website. You can see the images and short bios of "Hello Kitty" and "Dear Daniel".
*You can hear the reading of this poem on "in VOICE".
Inco Saito
I call myself "Rock-a-Literature Girl". I'm a Capricorn, Type A blood, born in Tokyo, a poet, a singer sometimes, a grown-up maybe, a divorced person. I live with a parakeet(my first name is parakeet in Japanese), I'm a founder of Lit-El(Little El Nino Record, an independent label), a crybaby, a great lover of dango(Japanese dumpling), scones and bagels and also croquettes, a bookworm(a love of Haruki Murakami), a poor drinker, a night person but not nightlong. Breakfast is my necessity, I'm a bicyclist. I am learning English at Neill-san's class, but my improvement is like a snail......
Her website is here. (Japanese version)
Her poetry book is available in SLRASH WORDS(Japanese)
Photograph by Shoko Sadoshima
Since she bought her first camera (Konica Big mini/compact camera) when she was seventeen, she has continued taking pictures for several years. The subjects for her photography are children, girls, and lovely things. She likes cute things very much. Her other photograph is available on Fragments #31
Copyright by Inco Saito
English translation Copyright by Jennifer Hill Kaucher and Kazue Daikoku
Photograph Copyright by Shoko Sadoshima
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