Poem by Paul E. Pepe
JAPAN

JAPAN

IF YOU HAVE NEVER
BEEN TO JAPAN
I WILL DESCRIBE IT
BEST AS I CAN

A PLACE TO GO
AND HAVE SOME FUN
IS CALLED THE LAND
OF THE RISING SUN

IF YOU WANT
TO BUY SOME BLING
GO TO THE GINZA
WHERE SHOPPING IS KING

TOKYO, OF COURSE
IS HECTIC AND CRAZY
DO NOT GO THERE
IF YOU ARE LAZY

GO NORTH TO A CITY CALLED NARA
WHERE DEER ROAM THE STREETS
ON THE PROWL
LOOKING FOR TREATS

FROM TOKYO THE BULLET TRAIN
WILL TAKE YOU TO KYOTO
A WORD YOU NEED TO LEARN
IS DOMO ABEGATO

KYOTO BOASTS
THE IMPERIAL PALACE
AND VERY LUSH GARDENS
IN A WONDERLAND LIKE ALICE

KABUKI DANCERS
RUSH THROUGH THE STREETS
IN KIMONOS AND SANDALS
WITH FACES WHITE AS SHEETS

MOUNT FUJI SOARS HIGH
ABOVE THE PLAIN
BUT YOU CAN CLIMB IT
WITHOUT TOO MUCH STRAIN

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