lanterns and fires on concrete banks
people turned grey and moth-like by the night and light
float like embers flowing upwards on drafts of hot air
a bridge spans the night sky in the water
people staring down at blinking stars
a river flowing over a river
the fluorescent bright banks of the river selling
everything and nothing at all
lubricating the flowing crowd with activity and alcohol
and islands of street vendors create eddies of people
and clouds of steam smelling of the food you now want
and the light punctuates the darkness with an exclamation point
and the periods of silence interspersed with question marks of sound
all flowing like the river
that holds the activity in its breast
Reminds me of the banks of the river in Kyoto. Good times.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I was writing about.
ReplyDeleteNice! Someday we'll go back and visit. Tokyo should be almost as good.
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