It starts as a name
I meet Nozaki
But we don't meet
One night in class
I meet the second man
The next day
We meet again
The next day
In the days that follow
I meet the third man
When I call the professor
The dream of travel
When Rachel and I meet
One night I meet the professor
The professor tells me
One night in class
The Japanese businessmen
I know an American Woman
One night Nozaki and I
One night, all the bars in Matsumoto
The men in my country
The question with Amir
One morning I meet the professor
I saw an exhibit in a Chicago art museum
The professor continues calling
I read about scientists
Amir continues calling
I live in the land of memory
One afternoon, all the men
I remember this
I meet the professor for coffee
I remember Nozaki in snapshots
He drives me home
Then it happens
I know a woman
Remembering is a way to keep someone near
When I tell the professor
If it had ended there?
In my remaining days
At Tokyo's Narita airport
For a long time
As time went on
The men in my country are long gone
Sometimes when I think of Japan
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