At Starbucks

Early afternoon Cafe Lattes

Rumors recollected

Words traded rapid-fire

Friends discussed, dissected,

Taking note of

Fashion choices,

Secrets revealed in

Lowered voices...

Shiodome Lunch Time

Pause for a break in the

Shadow of a high-rise,

Office towers glassy gleam

Up into the bluest skies...

Covid Sports

A ballgame’s dramatic ending

Decidedly anti-climatic,

With no one attending...

End Of September

Above the rush hour roar,

Eerie high pitched cries,

As hungry Seahawks soar

Across the morning skies...

Gone

Her life appeared normal,

Nothing seemed amiss,

But she stood at the

Edge of a precipice,

A precarious place

She kept hidden from all,

Until something made

Her step off and fall...

独身

Solitary, solitude,

Lonely to be sure, but,

Free from things which intrude,

Free to do whatever,

According to my mood...

Cursed Cortana

Here I am, sit-staring 

At the screen again,

Stressed and depressed 

Battling Windows 10...

Ice Cold Beer

The first gulp is magnificent,

But after that,

Things turn fuzzy

And flat...

Random

Strange, but appreciated,

When once in a while,

A thought appears

That makes you smile...

Untitled

Slowly retreat

Into the mental mist

Where quiet

And dreams exist

Friday Sale

Doing, thinking, nothing at all,

The old man’s vacant stare

Sitting on a bench in the mall...

Shrug-able

Something’s off,

Times out of joint,

Ought to be concerned,

But what’s the point...?

Imminent

Ship of State,
Drifting toward the waterfall
Passengers pretty much
Oblivious to it all...

ムク鳥

A floating horde of Starlings
Descends in the evening glow,
Perch along the telephone wires,
And poop on what’s below...

A Closer Look

An olden days stargazer
Was able to discern
The Moon's shape shifted
Based on tangent and turn

Close Of Business

Promises unkept, and unmade,
Scattered like fallen leaves,
As the lights of a long day fade...

Loud Voices

Talk, talk, round-and-round,
Our problems never get solved,
Too many strident opinions,
Too many assholes involved...

Lost Faith

When things fell apart,
We had nowhere to turn, or hide,
We, who were believers,
Just along for the ride...

Another Working Day

A new day breaks my dream
As it always will
Get up off the peaceful bed 
And back onto the treadmill

Don’t Go To Sleep

Prepare for the worst
And try as you might
All useless when the
Typhoon comes at night...