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Being John Ritter

What is it about thirty
suddenly I look like John Ritter
though I point out I`m a little fat

So it is a sort of icing on a twenties mudpie
when I didn`t look like anyone at all

but John Ritter? the daytime re-run king
sharing an apartment with two lovely ladies,
never shacking up

at this exact time I find to my surprise he is one year dead, the careless, carefree`last person you would expect to find dead before his time` ladies man is dead dead

who better to carry on his legacy then
than an english teacher in Japan, a land
where acts with extra servings of cheese never die,
where the Drifters, Coasters, you name it
roll into town for hundred a pop performances in legendary Tokyo auditoriums long after their last Las Vegas revival went belly up

Oh I`ll make a good John Ritter I`m sure
I`m already humming `Come and Knock on my Door`

December 19, 2004 in A `Best of` Selection for Casual Readers, English Teachers/ing, Japan, Television | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)

You want to learn japanese

so you wade through a thousand
flashy TV shows, Matsui`s adventures
in the Big Apple, Interview:
the kids like to go to the ballpark...
they love the dancing chicken.

Pachinko face off special,
chain smokers, eyes zoned
off as a thousand balls come raining down
in the video game slot machines
punctuated by wholly unnatural
celebrations and jackpot hugs.

TV personalities with eyes and noses, lips
plastic laugh beaming,
Extra big Kanji punctuating their remarks.

NHK, more subdued, a nature show
fish and more fish swimming in tropical paradise
a thousand dreams of barely remembered ur-japan
a land of fish and sea and turtle gods.
Turtle gods? Sure, why not.

Back to the urban compartment grind
an overacted police beat drama
stagey grimace of surprise and
widening of eyes as the body is found
not far from a ramen shop where a sharp witted
oba san lives.... and listens.

To the J-cup final, a bevey of idols
in short skirts and bikini tops
cleavage shaking, running, ball in hand
cheering in high pitched anime voices,
demented bowling competition.

September 07, 2004 in Japan, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tough Guys Weekend

The computer dial is big,
the tension is high
Bronson with a thick black moustache
looking mexican, playing a russian
KGB, highest office
utmost secrecy, cold war rules
feint and pull back, distract.

Permed out blonde with ample breasts
and straight blue eyes, russian spy
(american double agent)

torn between
love of country and
passion for a man
who won`t play nice with her
but has a thick black moustache.


September 03, 2004 in A `Best of` Selection for Casual Readers, Film, moldy b-sides, Television | Permalink | Comments (1)

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