On Fire

Wise men say avoid Roppongi, it`s a place
where all manner of sin, venality mingle
under the hot night streetlights and neon hues,
where east and west meet and circumlate, expressing
desires in the only language desires take,
bite of neck and hand on thigh, it is drunken,
slurred, aloof, she is Japanese, she doesn`t
understand, nor do you, on fire--