So as Not to Distort
I make shiratama And take them to my man I heat the sugar and form syrup Put in the boiled dumplings And cool them I seal them tight And take them All the shiratama stick to the bottom The surfaces of the shiratama are torn Their round Shapes are distorted I scoop them up with a spoon Hey! Look! Scoop them out So they don't get distorted I love shiratama best of all Says my man, carrying the shiratama to his mouth He closes his eyes and shows me how good they are I love them more than you I watch my man Swallowing the shiratama And lapping up the lukewarm syrup I shake the sealed container and wrap it in cloth Then the two of us Bring together our syrupy mouths Slide the palms of our hands Moving them in the shape of love But You know I don't want to distort I don't want to be left distorted This is what I think, oh man, my man I roll them up Boil the shiratama, heat the syrup, then cool them I roll into them Heartrending hopes Thick syrup Smooth shiratama My man swallows them down Thick like saliva Smooth like buttocks How do they taste? I don't want to distort you He also thought in his heartrending way I have reached him The food I secrete Secreted deep, deep Into the man I love
From Killing Kanoko. Copyright © 2009 by Jeffrey Angles. Used with permission of Action Books.