Rough Translation

by Andy Hacanis

Local lager beer
unfiltered
unpasteurized
with sediment

and delicious.
Triscuits
long past the due date
crunching salty

with exalted
sharp cheddar cheese.
Apple, knife,
and book

with Ryokan’s
revered
calligraphic
eloquence:

elegantly
hanging vines all
the way down
the page.