Homeless At Home

Sharing a wine bottle
With Country Bob,
Who's lived here since
He lost his factory job,
Here, where we camp,
Chaotic and free,
Under a highway ramp,
Getting high, invisibly...

Matriarchy

Humans in the ancient days,
Learned, that life on Earth,
Was dependent on their
Women giving birth,
Children pushed out from
Their loins, a revival,
New lives to ensure the
Hunter clan's survival...

Rainbow

Parade on the street
In the hinterland,
Gay ones waving and
Marching hand-in-hand,
Their love condemned
As contraband,
Queers face the haters,
And make their stand...

High Pressure System

Keening through the window seams
Wind whooshes away my dreams,
And, now awake, I lie,
Listening to it moan and sigh...

Wait

If I’m quiet
And sit
It will come
In a bit...

Lack Of Content

52 inch
4K T.V.,
But not much
To see...

Fashion

Nakedness is forbidden,
So under textiles
It is hidden...

Goal!

Something breaks open inside
Tears flow, spirits soar,
Total release and euphoria
After the overtime score...

Delight Rest Station

It’s good enough to rest
Among the commercial goods,
With polyethylene plants,
Taken from the plastic woods,
Placed all around the
Area for healing tired feet,
Where I sit, watching and
Waiting for what to meet...

海釣り公園

Fisherman in a quiet trance
Stares at the waters of the bay,
Casts his line out now and again
Doesn’t catch anything all day,
Fisherman in peace of mind
He could find no other way...

Shinjuku Park

Pinks, blues, colors of
Spring hydrangeas keep,
By the blue vinyl sheets
Where homeless sleep...

Chance

In the end,
Our lives align,
With what the
Fates assign...

Hidden

Certain thoughts which
In one’s memory hide
Are better left
Asleep and inside

The Way It Goes

An evening buzzed and beery
Next morning hurt and bleary

The Longest Day

Solstice dawn
Insistent cries
Of solitary bird
The only thing heard...

Life As A Battle

Sometimes you have to
Fight, give it your all,
Wade into the mix,
Bare fists, hard ball,
No retreat, like Caesar's
Conquest of Gaul...

Where Is My Daughter?

Half empty bag of diapers clutched by a
Stunned woman from south of the border,
Her child ripped away by the uniformed ones
In the name of national law and order...

This sad and bitter action
Will someday end, when
That country is,
Great again...

Ignored

The lessons of history,
It is generally agreed,
Are written in books
We never read...

Mellow Days

Can’t be bothered
Can’t be fired
The simple joy of
Being retired...

Parallel Slumber

Solstice week
Restful night
Quiet bleak
Everyone asleep
In a peace their
Snores will keep