Noro believes no stone is unbreakable.
Noro knows the weak spot of stone just by looking.
Noro doesn’t make ten attempts to break the stone.
Noron strikes three times.
Noro forgives three times.
Noro then lets things slide.
Noro knows that stone is never truly heavy.
Noro knows that it takes time and approach.
Noro remembers that
his father’s temper was heavier than any stone.
Noro has built more graves than houses.
Noro knows that work is work.
Noro calls time “bread money”
Noro calls bread “a chaser”
Noro calls cigarettes “a breath of air”.
Noro doesn’t believe in love.
Noro believes in vodka.
Noro knows that stone can be beautiful or ugly.
Noro mixes the beautiful with the ugly.
Noro calls that “Not bad”.
Noro wasn’t born strong enough to carry stones.
Noro knows it’s from carrying stones that he became tough․
Noro knows more things than words.
Noro loves the mossy side of stone.
Noro doesn’t believe in love.
Noro believes in the weed.
Noro calls the weed “painkiller.”
Noro knows more silence than words.
Noro calls stone “bro”.
Noro calls some stones “buddy”
Noro works barehanded.
Noro recognizes by touch.
Noro knows that stone doesn’t care.
Noro knows that there’s more stone than time.
Noro lights a painkiller and hands it to me.
Noro has picked out a stone for himself.
Noro trusts the stone.
Noro wants to take a stone with him.
What I mean to say is—
I trust poetry,
But I’m afraid he’ll scoff.
04.10.2022
