230214 バレンタインデー

学生の頃は
いや
学童の頃は
だな

幾つかの
仲間に別れて
休み時間
過ごしていた

僕が寄っていく
Ｓ君は今で謂う
友チョコを貰う人で
朗らかに
受け取っていたなぁ

此方は或る学生の話

名は伏せるが
早朝に登校し
机の中に目一杯の
自腹チョコレート
空にナった鞄
背負って一旦の帰宅

学校の用意と
持ち帰る用のビニール袋
みんなと同じ時刻に再登校

バレンタインなんて
菓子メーカーの陰謀だ！
と始業前の教室で
吼える別の友達
彼の前の席に陣取り
お前もそう思うだろ？
と彼に同意を求める
あぁそうだな…と
机の中から箱を１つ
机の上に
心地好い音と共に置く

求められた同意を
お座なりに受けながら
彼は机に置き続ける
まるで沢山の女子から
貰ったかの様に
積み上がった箱の山
そして

其れを避けるように
身を捩って彼
んで？何だって？
求めた同意は
無かったモノのように扱われ
友達は教室を飛び出していく

When I was a student.
No.
When I was a schoolchild.
Yes.

We'd split up into a few groups.
And we'd spend our recesses.

I'd go up to Mr. S.
He was the one who got what we now call "friend chocolates".
He received it cheerfully.

This is a story about a student

I won't mention his name
He came to school early in the morning
a desk full of
of chocolate on his own

with an empty bag on his back
Once home
Plastic bags to prepare for school and to take home
Re-entry to school at the same time as everyone else

Valentine's Day.
It's all a conspiracy by the candy makers!
barked another friend in the classroom before school started.
I took a seat in front of him
"You think so too, don't you? and
I ask him to agree with me.

I'll take one of the boxes from his desk
I'm going to take a box from my desk.
I place it on the desk with a pleasant sound.

He continues to place the box on the desk
He continues to place it on the desk
as if he'd gotten them from a bunch of girls.
a pile of boxes and a pile of boxes and a pile of boxes

And he twists around to avoid them
What? What?
The consent I sought was treated as if it never happened.

His friends run out of the classroom