Onitsuka

by beatvibe

Posted to Action Poetry on 2004-01-13 09:13:00


So I bought
the Puma Temos,
then had to discuss them
with my therapist.

Because it wasn’t
just the Temos.
It was also the Asics Gel-Kayano IX running shoes,
and the Tiger Corsairs.

Not to mention the Ultimate 81s,
(a technical running shoe
with an emphasis on heel stability,
circa 1981).

I even convinced the clerk
to buy his own pair
of Tsubos
(since they no longer carried Campers).

“You’ve got
quite a shoe fetish
there, eh boy?”
Yes. Thank you.

Meanwhile, the Asics website
had their Japanese
and US pages
mixed up…

And
I booked a flight
to Tokyo.


-Marc Weber (beatvibe)



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