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counterfeit saints and barefoot dancers
as the snow melts
you open the doorway to onions,
crammed in a pan with cubed steak,
beige dress and apron strings
he saw the wineglass
an ashtray close to full,
he still wondered why she shaved
her pubic hair into a stripe,
going to piss in the small toilet
a room barely used scented of
kerosene and urinals,
you ok she called
peppermint ice cream tones with
hidden expressions,
scratching beard muttered out a reply
zipped up mind still a conflagration of thought,
i wanted to do an english stew
was your day ok
housewife animated advertising jargon
felt like exploding,
the car would still be warm
engine would start quickly,
murmured almost automatic familiarity
those beech tones just as wooden
full of grain and knots,
fifteen years it was comfortable
not likable settled,
he did not question or ask
just lived as he now did with her,
camus could of written a diary with them
in with charlie parker soundtrack,
there was no children
they had not found time,
you could crawl back inside yourself
but that would lead to tears
best left to what was
a grisly fetish
slave and domination
abstract interludes,
snapshots of a smoking buddha
fuck hole sanity,
without that crawling cuckoo
jacket on chair
assembled the winning smile,
she came and kissed
long tongue surrounded his mouth
lips soft journals of praise,
now feeling ok
sat back and spoke as if released
watching her
not knowing her
Pink Eiga and Koji Wakamatsu
Koji Wakamatsu died last week hit by a taxi a tragic end to a man who directed and produced many films, his career began in the early sixties his first film Hageshii Onnatachi (1963) would star Tamaki Katori daughter of a Pharmaceutical tycoon and she would become a big star of the pink films that introduced sex and nudity to mainstream Japapanese cinema, Flesh Market was the first in 1962 and the Police intervened and the film was censored but the wave started and Flesh Market became a box office smash made for 8 million yen took over 150 million at the box office.
Koji Wakamatsu made over 20 films at Nikkatsu studio low budget erotica that also dealt with current affairs, social attitudes, disasters and celebrity, but the studio went into decline and Koji struck out alone, not as sleazy or dark as Giichi Nishihara, also Tamaki would appear in other films of his including Sex Jack (1970) that went to Cannes the story was seen as anti social as it dealt with students who wanted to assassinate the prime minister and hijack a plane.
Through pink film many independent production companies found a voice and box office.
Koji rode this wave and as producer found more international success with Ai No Corrida (1976) or In The Realm of the senses this was the first film of his i saw and the film despite being graphic and quite realist, based on the true story of a woman who had a husband that betrayed her sexually in every way that she cut off his penis and was arrested with it in her pocket.
Koji as director made 105 films that would each leave an impression be it good or bad but he was an artist his final film Millenial Rapture (2012) based on Kenji Nakagami ‘s novel which has received tepid reviews.
His work will stand and influence who knows now with his passing what will come next.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/millennial-rapture-sennen-no-yuraku-venice-367624
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