For over twenty years
I wake up around 6:00 in the morning
Quietly, alone, eating breakfast
아침밥
Painstakingly tying my tie and waxing my hair
And waxing my hair
And waxing the last of my hair.
When I retire, as they say.
I wouldn't have to wake up at 6:00 a.m. every morning
Every morning.
But then I think.
How much longer am I going to have to live this
I wonder how long I'll have to live like a teddy bear.
But this is happiness.
This is the joy of life.
Without this, there is no reason to live.
6:01 a.m., like a mantra
I jump on the pontoon and run to 6:02
I'm running.