A homeless Japanese man
Left a half-filled soda can under the steel trestle
Artificial grape color all over his sleeve

No. I'm not that thirsty yet.

The blackish water isn't moving
Even though it just rained
Plastic milk bottles floating listlessly...

No. I'm not that thirsty yet...

There's a 1 yen coin in my jeans pocket
And the humid breeze is so damn sticky.
Is this bridge high enough?

Probably not. I'm not that thirsty yet.

[July 21, 1991]