消防署ーfire station

 

かつて消防署だった佇まいは


この配色に

朝8時の光の差し方にまで考えをめぐらせたかどうか


艶やかで

ふくよかで

心地良い


昨夜の喧騒はどこへとやら

まだ二組しかいないこの店内から

ベニスビーチの

軒先を行き交う者は皆西へ

西へ西へと

微風のように

漂うのを

目の前にゆるく暖かく広がるパンケーキにバターを塗り、

なかなか出渋るシロップに


あのブロックの向こうの太平洋の

砂浜遥か高くから

望む、オンショア、

涼しく

空

旋回し

続けるカモメ

遥か海の彼方

夢見るカモメ

その翼に

飛び込む

風


The presence of what was once a firehouse—

Did someone think through this color scheme,

down to the exact way the 8:00 AM light falls inside?

Glossy,

rich,

deeply comfortable.

Where did last night's noise disappear to?

From inside this place, with only two tables occupied,

All passing the eaves of Venice Beach moves west—

west, and further west,

drifting like a gentle breeze.

Spreading butter over the warm, soft pancake relaxing before me,

and coaxing out the hesitant syrup.

Just beyond that block, high above the sandy beach

of the Pacific—

looking out over the onshore wind,

cool,

the sky,

a seagull circling

without end.

Far across the ocean’s horizon,

a dreaming seagull,

the wind

diving into its wings.




遡る時 - drifting back in time


33.869529, -118.285361

Harbor Gateway North, Los Angeles, CA

Accompanied music: Mysterium Tremendum · Violet Cowboy

疾走する車窓
無愛想な運転手に一言、
窓を開け
心を乗り出すと
一転、光は疾風、黄金の艶をもって色目化し
辺り一面を覆った

時折緑や赤、微かな灯火を添え
ゴォーグォーという音を立てて
僕らは車ごとすっぽり子宮へと吸い込まれた

落ち着くべく後部座席に沈み込み
大波に揺られ
行き交う魂の讃歌、深まる反復音
全てを任せ、目を閉じ
僕はこうして時をさかのぼっていったのである

From a Speeding Car Window
A brief word to the blunt driver,
I open the window
and lean my heart outside.
In an instant, light turns into a rushing gale, flirting with a golden gloss,
blanketing everything in sight.
Here and there, laced with green, red, and faint embers of light,
with a heavy roaring sound—gooo-gooo—
we, alongside the car, were swallowed whole into a womb.
Sinking into the back seat to settle myself,
swayed by massive waves,
a hymn of passing souls, a deepening repetitive drone.
Surrendering everything, closing my eyes,
I drifted backward in time.