Cat in Shinjuku
A brown cat lies
in front of a Chinese restaurant
in a very narrow lane
in Shinjuku.*
The window of the restaurant is
filled with plastic models
of Chinese food that look good
enough to eat.
The afternoon sun is pleasantly
warm. The cat
is enjoying it.
People walk by, very close to the cat
but the cat shows absolutely no fear.
It does not move.
I find this unusual.
The cat is happy
in front of plastic Chinese
food with real food
waiting just inside the door.
Tokyo
The middle of May, 1976
*a large district in Tokyo
źródło: June 30th, June 30th
o źródle i prawach
tekst z archiwum "american dust" (brautiganarchives.xyz); z tomu "June 30th, June 30th" (Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978)
11.06.2026