day one hundred and seventy-four : kyuuka

wow
i wonder
if i've ever been devoted
to something
that long

i suppose
yes

various
happy
pleasurable
things

today
i took your book
to the post office

i had forgotten
it was a kyuuka
public holiday

i looked at the closed curtain
dumbly
(but i always mail it on a monday...)

and i turn to the middle-aged lady next to me
and say ah, kyuuka-ne?
just to say something
and she giggles and nods

and we bow and say sorry and thank you three or fours times
before we step away
and i accept
it will be one more day
until i can send this along to you