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Poetry, Lyrics, & Doggerel, From A Six-Tatami Room, South of Tokyo, Japan
Random Rhymes From An Expat Living A Long Way From Home
Sunday, March 24, 2024
雨の月曜日
I want to stay in bed,
But have to get up
And go out instead...
Try as I might
Can't seem to avoid
The rat race fight...
Spiritual pain,
With umbrella,
Out in the rain...
無差別乱射
Wrong place at wrong time,
And on the floor we lie,
Hiding behind theater seats
As the terror bullets fly,
And if by chance we survive
We'll always wonder "Why?"
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
AI
Here we are, mopping the floor
Of the office, where, we worked before,
Our previous jobs, by the bye,
Taken by robots and AI,
But at least we're still employed,
Until they make a janitor humanoid...
Digital slaves, the ultimate tools,
Serve, then subvert, their maker-fools...
Monday, March 18, 2024
Shogun
During the civil war years,
Samurais' rule
Was strict, unforgiving,
Often cruel,
So, learn when to bow,
Where not to tread,
And stay clear from the
Risk of losing your head...
Missing In Action
His search for extraterrestrials
Suddenly came undone,
An unexpected encounter
When things had hardly begun,
Absconded by curious aliens
In Area Fifty one...
Preemergence
Frigid winds from the
North, swirl outside,
Protected in their buds,
Cherry blossoms hide,
Until the warmer air
Arrives, they will abide...
Prepper
Preparing for Armageddon,
And resultant dystopian state,
Stock up on bullets and
Beans, before it's too late,
Tune in to the conspiracy
Stories, squirm, and wait...
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Election Year
Despite politicians' claims
To be your friend,
And the virtuous promises
They make and send,
It's all about their
Gaining power, in the end...
They provide you with
Attention and cooperation,
Commensurate with the size of
Your monetary donation...
Rest
Try not to think,
Slowly, into
Slumber, sink...
Switch
She finally decided to
Turn off the sound...
The silence which followed
Was eerie, profound...
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Chill
Morning came again
New ahead, open-ended,
And between doing little,
And nothing, I'm suspended,
Joyfully quietly gloating
In my minutes of floating...
Monday, March 11, 2024
Prophet
The snake charmer,
Ancient-looking-queer,
Said to put away
All future fear,
Take care and comfort
In the now and here...
Bird Break
Starling gang, lined-up on a branch,
Each perch taken,
Of a bare winter tree
About to reawaken...
Sunday, March 10, 2024
蛙
The frog jumping into
A pond, never knew,
It would be immortalized
In a Japanese haiku...
Follow Orders
Marriage is supposed to be
Take and give,
But her mode still
Tends to be declarative...
Thursday, February 29, 2024
29th
Calendar's quadrennial
Promise, need to keep,
So, on the last day of
February, we leap...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Break Time
Deposit needless worries
In the Bullshit File,
Have a cup of coffee,
Reflect, and smile,
For the first time
In quite a long while...
Old Greek Story
Shadows dance, on the
Wall of Plato's cave,
Where chained, we embraced
The meanings they gave,
Our cave, all dark, where
We watch and hide,
The shadows merely hint
Of what's real outside...
Get Out The Vote
So much at stake,
So much to fear,
Or so they say,
In an election year...
Domesticated
Pigs and cows had no idea,
When first herded, beaten,
Then generously fed,
That they would be eaten...
あおり運転
Go, go, go,
Step on the gas,
Can't go slow...
There's places
I need to be,
Get out of the way!
You, in front of me...
Monday, February 26, 2024
Ghost Goddess
Enthralled by photos of an
Actress, long gone by now,
It's as if her beauty has
Overcome death somehow,
Preserved by a magic
That old images allow...
Windward
When cold north winds
Decide to attack,
Better to have them
Blow on my back,
As on a wellness
Walk I slowly pace,
Try to keep them
Off my face...
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Meat Puppets
Humans are driven,
Lethal and diverse,
Dancing with chaos,
For better or worse,
Enslaved by base urges,
It is our curse...
Tactical Retreat
Her decision to
Demur, and evade,
Averted a mess
Before it was made...
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Image by Mark Harm Niemeyer
Far Out (By Philip Larkin)
Beyond the bright cartoons
Are darker spaces where
Small cloudy nests of stars
Seem to float on the air.
These have no proper names:
Men out alone at night
Never look up at them
For guidance or delight.
For such evasive dust
Can make so little clear:
Much less is known than not,
More far than near.
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