Yoake O Matsu Hoshitachi E Rj01239911 Extra Quality

They said a string of words like a signal: “yoake o matsu hoshitachi e rj01239911 extra quality.” It reads at once like a fragment of Japanese poetry, a catalog code, and a challenge: how do you treat something that is at once lyrical and bureaucratic? How do you write about longing when it comes stamped with an identifier?