Tokyo

Ribbons get caught in clouds             Geisha girls, strait-line-curls, as the silken twirls blossom
cherry blossom                                    there's a shuffling thru in the day anew
the city shrouds                                   Kimono pleats are replete with flowers of the dew
storks fly in
carrying babies                                    Got to notice the white faces
then its maybe                                      the places of the painted traces
Tokyo's waking up you                        on lips and lashes too
if you ever sleep                                   got to notice tea-drinking-graces
it seeps into you                                    in black and white buildings thru

                                                              Ladylike ghosts
In the rising sun rain                             the most
comprising                                            demure, doll-like too
Asian morn                                            China faces
then its as if                                           in Japanese places                          Time moves quickly
Tokyo's                                                  little feet races                               trains tick fast
suddenly born                                        with lots to do                               soon as you think
                                                                                                                    the futue's past
                                                               Large mysterios                          Speeding world
Its like you're alive                                 in little world                             in queue serene
in Tokyo                                                 Geisha girl's                              acceleration delivered
and you don't know                                flatened down hair curl.           in a waking dream
anything else
you want to see                                                                                       Time moves swiftly
the lily pad font                                                                                      so you can't see
the paper sails                                                                                        disappearing history
go free                                                                                                   modern world's
the clouds in origami                                                                            got a move on
as the sun unfolds                                                                                 fast
you love the brite greys                                                                       you've got to be always  
shining up                                                                                            in the lead
rays of olden gold.                                                                               or you'll finish last.   

You don't know
what else there is                Mount Fuji's white cake icing
but Tokyo                            melting frozenness
you don't go                         Mount Fuji
now anywhere                      no excuse me
but where the blossoms blow.   is always there
  
                                                   Fuji's watch
                                                   from time began
                                                    saw people run
                                                   to trains that ran

                                                   When things started
                                                   to speed up
                                                    Fuji's not impressed much
                                                   stares back its 'what's up?'

                                                   Fuji is eternal
                                                   until the very end
                                                   until time stops
                                                   you can depend
                                                   upon Mount Fuji
                                                    for that end.