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Part 2 of of light verses
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2019-08-03
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A Day in Purple

Summary:

A thread of (silly)
haikus series for Jun’s
birthday in August.

Notes:

Originally updated daily on twitter and reformatted for easier navigation

This is a haiku series written from Arashi POV set in one 💜 day, featuring random quotes, song lyrics, and references.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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1日
come soft morning light
under warm blanket he curls
for a short quick doze

*

2日
coconut coffee
blinking slowly awake good
day it’s up to you

*

3日
faint wide show white noise
hum of warm air against wet
long fringe his eyes closed

*

4日
warm coat over soft
sweater with checkered muffler
and his sunglasses

*

5日
dump bag on couch hum
greeting bring notebook head out
to stage set to work

*

6日
moving cart spotlight
dancing laser rehearsing
smoke flying harness

*

7日
less flare more shadow
slower descent longer wave
less rough more practice

*

8日
remind Aiba
rely on Sho-kun and poke
Leader tell Nino

*

9日
Nino understands
Leader nods Sho-kun thumbs up
Aiba forgets

*

10日
four dance for five
one planned polished set for five
it’s all five for five

*

11日
check before finish
last adjustment for the day
technicality

*

12日
anyone has a
suggestion of song after
MC for today?

*

13日
reek of fat in the
green room giggles and mumbles
takoyaki burnt

*

14日
familiar beeps
chuckles falsetto soft snore
ensconce him dear

*

15日
light broth thin sliced meat
vegetable tofu dipping
with Nino today

*

16日
few minutes step out
few minutes for more notes and
few minutes break now

*

17日
running sit-ups set
stretching flexing drilling and
warming up for show

*

18日
pitch tone vocalise
before peaceful centering
healing oxygen

*

19日
too quick shower and
mistaking conditioner
on your pretty face

*

20日
sweet umeboshi
with five bottles of drink and
banana ready

*

21日
“dreaming of past times…”
deafening scream blinding light
his heartbeats racing

*

22日
stage par excellence
flash spark image bounce dance in
white flimsy long garb

*

23日
one fifth of star storm
all ready and determined
to bring happiness

*

24日
feel it in my heart
believing is everything
sweet love reaching you

*

25日
seems simple but it’s
an honor to always yell
with pride “what’s our name?”

*

26日
smile and gratitude
smile again thank you for your
smile we are happy

*

27日
bumping hips shoulders
snickering peace sign battle
bring it on Leader

*

28日
another stage ends
with loud cheers and reflection
we did good praise be

*

29日
wrapped ice cube compress
cutely over your head laugh
together after

*

30日
hugs hand on shoulder
cheek peck double warm embrace
happiest wishes

*

31日
memories engraved
hearth and quiet welcome him
I’m home he whispers

💜

Notes:

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2日- Last line is part of from Sho's Sunshine lyric.
4日- Check no Muffler is an Arashi song from Iza Now! Album
6日 up to 14日 - mostly based on Suppin Digitalian stage rehearsals
15日- from here on most of the references are from Jun's Asaichi interview back in July '19 and bits they talk about Arashi backstage activity for first half of 5x20 Tour (on jweb update, con report, MC talk).
19日- Prompt: Hair. All through third week of August, I'm using Jun Week prompts from #ArashiWeek. And reference goes back to Suppin Digitalian again.
20日- Prompt: healthy. A brief return to Jun's Asaichi interview.
21日- Prompt: posture. 「夢はpast time…」 is from the first line of Asteriks, the first song in Digitalian concert setlist.
22日- Prompt: accessory. 「最高のstageを贈るよ」is from Stay Gold.
23日- Prompt: Star. The original infamous quote was: The most important thing in bringing happiness is that you’re ready to do it, you want to do it, and you’re determined to do it. However, for the life of me I can’t remember where this was from. Intense feelings all the same though <3!
24日- This is literally a haiku for Love So Sweet. Yeah, I went there. :)
26日- From Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi, a forever fave for encore song.
30日- The original haiku for this day was:
   mj happiest
   wishes on your wonderful
   birthday con tonight
But a day before posting I realized that it might be too simple for the actual birthday, so I then wrote another—at least in this one everyone was involved. :)
31日- It got a little bit self-reflective at the end, even bordering somber; but this seems to be the best end of the day, the best end for this haiku series, and the best end for August.

August had been terrible for me, but updating this series made my days slightly lighter. At the very least there’s one small light of happiness everyday. I truly had fun with this format, and will 12/10 revisit it again. Thank you for enjoying this with me <3!

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