{"id":4433,"date":"2023-11-12T00:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/?page_id=4433"},"modified":"2023-11-19T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:52:53","slug":"obakarama-betobetosan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/poems\/obakarama-betobetosan\/","title":{"rendered":"RICHARD WATT \/ Betobeto-san"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Richard Watt<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Betobeto-san<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Monsoons\r\n
in the prefecture\r\n
mark my wild return:\r\n
a prismatic fellow,\r\n
children call me spring-heel,\r\n
padding softly\r\n
like a fall into a well\r\n
of old mouse bones.\r\n
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Vines under foot \r\n
keep me sheriff \u2019d.\r\n
No knives or horns\r\n
under my hat, as I follow\r\n
\ufb01fteen feet behind and to the side,\r\n
a hook, adhesive mister \u2013\r\n
I only hope you know\r\n
where I am going.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Art\r\n\r\n\r\n

Richard Watt<\/strong>‘s debut collection, The Golem<\/i><\/a>, is available from Holdfire Press. He lives in Angus, Scotland, where he is a press manager for the Scottish Parliament.\r\n
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Jd<\/strong> is a Seattle-based artist. He started drawing Japanese folklore characters in the early nineties and continues to contribute pages to his never-to-be-released book as new ideas and stories reach his ears.\r\nehime.deviantart.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n

Published in:<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n