タイトルのわからないままに

途中から観た昨日の映画

5人か6人ほどの銀行破りが

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最後までいかないうちに眠ってしまった

けれど、朝食はトースト

美味そうに見えたベーコンとスクランブルエッグ

青いクロス、皿、ぬるいCOKEとトースト

少しばかり微睡んで昼下がり

顔を洗い家を出る

特に向かう先など決めてはいないけれど

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4つ目で降り、ゆるり走り脇に停めて

歩き下り暗いトンネルを通ると

ふわり風が吹いて砂埃が舞う

3度目でついた火を飲んでもくもくと

ふと顔を上げると肉屋の前

店先には様々な部位の切り離しが吊るされて

奥では、主人と思しき男が肉切り包丁を手にしている

バン、バン、と２つ聞こえた

匂いはない

床には犬が横たわる

馴染みのないネオン看板が並ぶ

人気ない狭い小道を右へ左へと、息があがる

段々と影が伸びて赤みがかる街の中で1人

もはやどこにいるのかさえわからないまの道すがら

すれ違った子供連れの老婆

乾いた咳を置いてゆっくりとどこかへ

鋼鉄製の、あるいはアルミ製の仮階段を昇り

突き当たり、明かり差しこむ穴の外へと

トタンの上を歩いて窓の空いた家を見つけた

息を殺し中へ

毛羽立った古い絨毯が心地よい

ぼんやりと光るテレビの中には知った顔の俳優が

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Without seeing what the title is, yesterday,

I started watching this film midway

In it were five or six bank robbers who were

hitting the highway

I managed to fall asleep a while before the end, but then,

for breakfast there was toast

It looked good, the bacon and scrambled eggs

A blue cloth, plates, lukewarm COKE and toast

I drowsed off for a while until midday

I washed my face and headed out the door

Without a plan as to where I’m about to go, I’m

hitting the highway

After the fourth exit, I slowly parked at the side

There was a dark tunnel and just as I walk out

A gentle wind stirs up the dust

I took a drag of the fire that lit on the third try, making clouds

Looking up, there in front of a butcher’s shop

Pieces of meat from different parts were hung with strings from the top

and in the back, a man-supposedly the owner-was holding a butcher’s knife in his hand

Bam bam, I heard it strike twice

And without any odor

The dog lay on the floor

There were unfamiliar neon signs in a row

along a lonely path that went right and left and I ran out of breath

On and on, alone, the shadows grow long in the city coloured red

And down the road, absolutely no idea whatsoever where I was wandering

An old woman with a child passed by

who left behind a dry cough and then they went away

Up a flight of makeshift stairs, made of steel or aluminum, probably

Then I see some light peek through a hole and I go

on a tin roof and I saw a house with an open window

Entering, I held my breath

The fuzzy carpet there, it felt rather nice

In the glow of the television, there was that actor who I think I know

hitting the highway