By Steve B Howard | Steve B Howard | 24 Mar 2019
Gifu, Japan: my balcony
comfort, sultry rays, hint
of rainy season
below, two boys age 7 maybe
stares, pointing, intense conversation
subject: me
words understood: gaijin (foreigner)
oni (devil) ookii (huge)
chin chin (derogative for penis)
Okay, I’m a foreign devil with a big penis.
(laughter tainted by bad memories)
28 years ago
my father
conversation with a 6 year-old (me)
subject: Vietnam and little yellow gook bastards
Have I learned anything?
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