(Konishi)

Translators: Andrei Cunha





boku no

nanimo kamo ga

iya ni natta

nichiyo no gogo

niji-han sugi



hidoku jikan wo

kakete

bathroom de

hige wo sotteta



toshi wo totte

zurui kao ni natte

tada hidoku

kutabireteru

kagami no naka no



arifureta otoko

arifureta hanashi

arifureta

nichiyo no gogo



subete

akirametara

hima ni natta

nichiyo no gogo

goji-han sugi



boku wa

gaiya-seki de

taikutsu na shiai wo

mite ita



koi no tabi ni

koi no owari no

koto wo

kangaeta

kimi ni totte wa

kinen subeki hi



arifureta futari

arifureta hanashi

arifureta

nichiyo no gogo



bathroom ni

kagi wo kaketa

mama de

mo dare mo boku ni

aenai



kore de sayonara

hige wo sorioeta



arifureta otoko

arifureta hanashi

arifureta

nichiyo no gogo



hidoku

tsumaranai otoko

arifureta hanashi

arifureta

nichiyo no gogo







mo dare mo boku ni

aenai







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i started hating

everything about myself

on a sunday

afternoon

a bit past two-thirty



spent a long time

locked up in

the bathroom

shaving staring at my own face



i got older

i look like a crook

i look

so tired

a vulgar man



stares back at me

such a vulgar story

such a vulgar

sunday afternoon



i gave up

doing anything

and then

i had nothing to do

on a sunday afternoon at 5:30 pm



i was sitting at

the o