Snapshots in Time: Bon Odori is actually a dance of joy associated with the religious festival Obon in Japan. Photo by Dean Wong, circa 1985. Hiroki Sakamoto About the author: Hiroki Sakamoto View all posts by Hiroki Sakamoto Hiroki Sakamoto is a Digital Media Intern with the International Examiner.
Hiroki Sakamoto's mother is a telemarketer.
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Pole<br>The man drove into a pole. He told the cops he hadn't seen it. The cops gave him a sobriety test. The man did not pass it. The man got a ticket.
The man said he saw the pole before he hit it.
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We were very poor -- but we did n't mind .<br>Father was so splendid -- so clever and loving and sympathetic .<br>We were chums as far back as I can remember .<br>And mother was so sweet .<br>She was very , very beautiful .<br>I look like her , but I am not so beautiful as she was . ''<br>`` Miss Cornelia says you are far more beautiful . ''<br>`` She is mistaken -- or prejudiced .<br>I think my figure IS better -- mother was slight and bent by hard work -- but she had the face of an angel .<br>I used just to look up at her in worship .
My father was very unsympathetic and cruel.
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