me, japanese

once upon a time there was the shell of a fighter jet on the schoolyard at recess i climbed aboard and headed toward the cockpit another kid said hey, you american and i replied huh the kid said you can play on this only if you are an american confused i went home and asked my parents if i'm american

my favorite portion of joyce's novel a portrait of the artist as a young man is at the beginning when stephen telescopes the universe up into the cosmos and down to his country and his town because he is a creature of the universe

it is st. patrick's day when my ancestors celebrated by drinking tequila whiskies cum guinness stout and mead as all mexican viking berserkers from the west of ireland are wont to do

below is a teaser trailer for a documentary i found in the making about jose kozer the title of the documentary is the title of this little piece kozer tired of explaining his identity now says me, japanese