i cannot find my way
around the maze that is Tokyo
every sign is in Kanji
and i am lost here
a Canadian Alice
wandering through Shinjuku
and finding wonders
that distract me
from my peril

i memorize the symbol
for my stop at Tokyo Bay Hilton
and ride the rails for fun
wasting time between meetings
by ordering hot cans of coffee
from the mystical vending machines
until night takes the landscape
and is pushed back by neon
and a billion twinkling lights