勘
患
串 - Skewer
Skewer
At a neon Shinsekai stall a warm bamboo stick threads two glossy Mouth, Entrance morsels - they clack kushi-kushi and hiss jiu- on the charcoal, a tiny festival scene you can hear and taste.
Think of that stick as a pocket-tamagushi (玉串, a simple Shinto offering): vertical, sacred, and holding two mouths together - the exact image of 串.
