This poem was written by ŽYGIMANTAS KUDIRKA (LT) x MISUKI MIZUKI (JP) x TAKEO OSHIMA (JP) x JOH TACHIBANA (JP)

Method: Every poet had to begin a sentence using the previous poets last words of the sentence.

WORKWORKWORKWORKWORK (2016)

It’s the time when all people are waking up
People waking up birds in cities, birds waking up people in country towns
Birds waking up people in country towns, rats waking up cats in lofts
Rats waking up cats in lofts, however, air is killing all creatures and air has lived all the time
Air has lived all the time and it never went to sleep
It never went to sleep to work in Earth
Working in Earth is very hard for an alien like me
Aliens like me - they disguise in suits, so they would be more like humans
To be more like human - blue denim is my second skin
My second skin that is resistant to those teeth of rats
Teeth of rats kill every alien because they contain poison for aliens
Poison for aliens is very transparent
Very transparent money kills any alien
Money kills any alien, but aliens work for money
Work for money work for money work for money - that’s the sound of my alarm clock
My alarm clock rings again, good morning our morning
Our morning penetrates in the air softly like an affection
Like an affection, like aliens, like animals - this is all about my mother
My mother - our mother - giving birth to all the aliens in suits
All the aliens in suits will come back to country towns with birds and rats
Rats that don’t bite, rats that don’t poison them - that’s why people can keep cats outside 
“Keep cats outside!” My lover screams loudly in her sleep
Her sleep is the thing I value the most, so I just take off my second skin and lie down besides quietly
I lie down besides quietly and I close my eyes
I close my eyes: world also closes its eyes
Closed Eyes - this is my lover’s name
My lovers’, who never wakes up - that is the only way to never go to work