natsumi

see note for reviewers.

natsumi could walk on water

if she felt like it,

for she has flown many feet above

the subway platforms in tokyo,

she has hurled herself, hovering,

as if she were running a sprint,

up above the street

bearing her gorgeous bright red

dress in the morning

daylight---

and as she coasts down the street,

sometimes holding an umbrella in

case of rain, she has photos taken of her---

she one-ups the likes of

david blaine,

whose own levitation has been videotaped,

but seldom are his feet ever seen---

she floats like a modern day superman & she

does so amidst all of technology’s race to

install the nanobots appropriate enough to

allow us all to do the same,

but alas, natsumi, the humble & self-described

yowayowa, or

“weak” or “feable”  

camerawoman,

keep her secret silent,

while dwelling peacefully with her two cats, who,

being her most photographed models,

consider themselves accomplices in the mystery of her

unique

ability.

Author's Note

“I got an idea from an English idiom that says ‘to have one’s feet firmly planted on the ground’ applies to a practical type of person,” Hayashi said in an interview. “In Japan, we have the exact same idiom. But I am not a practical person at all. Therefore, I try not to have my feet on the ground in my self-portrait photos to show my true self.”

-Natsumi Hayashi


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