copyright (c) 2006
'Executive Order 9066'
scorching sun--
an exhibition of suitcases
from the Internment Camp
a month of sunflowers--
his middle name declares
he is American
wartime news clipping
of the all-Nisei battalion--
a white day moon
her high school photo
taken before '42...
a wind chime slowly turns
August cicadas--
could I carry an ocean
in one suitcase
headless mannequins
in the maternity shop
Valentine's Day--
messengers with roses
brush against each other
the skeletons
of fighter planes
Nagasaki Anniversary
a part of me decayed
beyond identification
Hiroshima Day--
reading the palm
of my left hand
mustard blossoms
those comic book heroines
from my childhood
cacophony--
today's moon has
a sharp edge
cicada chorus
what did I gain
by leaving home