The Sound Country
Under Shin-Hamamatsu station
There's the semicircular space
The piano sits there
February 2025
Poets gather in that semicircular space
Snow begins to fall in the afternoon
Snow never accumulate
Poetry readings begin
A Osaka poet sings Tagwa's national anthem while playing the ukulele
Mid-song, a female poet collapses
Her gaze becomes unfocused
Foam comes from her mouth
The anthem is interrupted
I call an ambulance
The paramedics take her away
Again the Osaka poet sings Tagwa's national anthem
Everyone joins in singing
Tagwa is the country that doesn't exist
Everyone sings the anthem of the nonexistent country
No one plays the piano
The ambulance drives away
The Osaka poet sings while playing the ukulele
Tokyo poets clap hands
The Russian poet, Chalikov is watching it from outside
Snow keeps falling
Snow never accumulate
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