Being Japanese
All Japanese people use ancient glacial ice
Mined from miles below the arctic circle
By sophisticated machinery and drills
Core samples are their way of life
Core values is a reason for holding on
Being Japanese is being Japanese
Is being grounded in their condition
In sushi bars and Geisha nights delights
Fine whiskey over arctic ice
Their world is upside down
In fact, the bottom of the globe
Gravity holds Japan in place
Nowhere near the United States
"Ikiai" is the meaning "reason for being"
Turning Japanese is pleasing
I think I'm turning Japanese
Men and women think alike
They would like to live in peace
With machinery and luxuries
To live forever with chunks of ice
In reality we are all just Asians
In need of gravity to keep from falling off
The bottom of the world seems dangerous
Please send the people glue and sticky stuff
All things being equal we need adhesives
It's not easy being Japanese
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2019
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