Pardon me.
But a god just spoke to me.
Yes, me!
Can you hear me? he said.
Oh dear me, I said.
You mean me?
Why me?
Don't you know me? he said.
Who, me? I said.
O woe is me!
What do you want from me?
Do you read me? he said.
No, I said. Not me!
Take this cup from me!
Please, spare me!
Answer me! he said--
For if you don't know me by now,
You will never know me!
Truly I've got the devil in me, I thought.
Then I looked again and saw
An angel smiling at me.
Trust me, he said.
Then all of a sudden it hit me.
O poor me! I thought,
O lucky me!
Please! I said, Take me with you,
Take me there!
No, he said, turning from me--
You must wait for me.
And remember me.
And show me
Who you are,
Who you are.
Botsford, Alan. mamaist: learning a new language. Kamakura, Japan, Minato No Hito, 2002.
