No JAPAN: One possible deconstruction of modern Nippon

  Japan today is an Anglo-American mutation of Nippon,
	a fictionalized trademark of a nation
	of computer terminals, brain transplants, and digital screens.

  It has become a wasteland of indifference
	and shattered vision of what Prince Shotoku wished to see.

  Now a post-industrial waste dump
	covered with asphalt and ruled by greed,
	its inhabitants are isolated from each other by electronic gadgets
	and immersed in polyurethane sushi.

  Look into the faces of those who do not sense when they see -
	strangers moving at shinkansen speeds
	towards a zen of pure nothing . . .


IMAGE:   A lettrist image of a electronic circuit board with some dark chrysanthemums
         and a mysterious source of light. 

An-Yi:   I am confused by the title of this poem and its gibberish.

Bhäraté: (chuckling lightly) Any time we take words too literally, confusion is not far away.

Chariya: (sighing) Relax. Soon the digital fragments of our words will fade into the background noise of eternity.


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:   A lament about mutant Japan and the sense of social isolation many Japanese experience.
KEYWORDS:  Japan today, social isolation, mutant Nippon, toxic post-industrial civilizations

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan ≜ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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