gogyohka group

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evening rainpour

near 

the damp bamboo shoots

an old rusted can granddad 

used for cigarette ashes

.
in this 

gogyohka world

another night 

nursing arousal 

talk of impeachments on tv
.
fighting sleep
just to
jot down
a few
gogyohka
.
aged imperial palaces i walk through night at odds with myself but strangely at ease
.

is there 
enough room to speak on 
another night untouched
my man-hands....
settling for my own 

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