Temporary White Flag

When sniping

And bickering cease,

What results is

A modicum of peace,

So, enjoy interactions,

Polite and correct,

While the truce

Remains in effect...

Dealing With It

When life throws

Knuckleballs and curves,

Good to have a stiff one

To settle your nerves,

Say a prayer to your liver,

As you mitigate your stress,

It evens out in the end,

More or less...  

Obligation

Bend with the wind,

Go with the flow,

Don't forget

Your promises though...

Leadership Failure

An ill-advised decision

To attack and invade,

And now, he's stuck,

With the bloody mess he made...

Corvid Lunch

Black-feathered flash mob

Pouncing on roadkill,

Street-smart city crows,

Caw-ing, eating their fill...

2nd Amendment

Too many guns, bought

By homicidal nuts,

Utter American craziness,

No ifs, ands, or buts...

Good Timing

Best choice is to retire

Well before

Bodily functions expire...

Thin Line

Orchestration,

Sometimes becomes

Manipulation...

Hurly Burly

Attack of the cold front,

All bluster and rain,

Sneaky atmospheric

Pressure on my brain...

引きこもり

Avoiding peoples' eyes,

He stays out of sight,

Hides in his room,

Only goes out at night,

Fed by parents, mesmerized

By blue computer light...

The Invisible Hand

Stock market numbers

Roller-coaster spin,

Fortunes lost from panic

Somewhere within,

No rhyme or reason,

Economic looney bin...

お墓参り

Green buds emerged on limbs and stalks,

Thin tree shadows over family grave,

Where they bow and pray on the Equinox...

Radio Empty

Internet, smart phone,

Connected 5G,

But still alone...

空気読めない

In the end, he couldn't

Understand why,

No spoken answer

Was the reply...

Pinpoint

She knows how to favor,

When she's happy, nice,

But when angry, she knows

Just where to cut and slice...

Things To Come

A warm wet harbinger,

I'm reminded, is Spring,

Just a step toward the Hellish

Heat that summer will bring...

Relax

Neither here nor there,

Or better or worse,

Sentient and alone,

In an unknown universe...

Wagner Group

A tyrant's army recruiter,

No way to refuse,

Prison or trench,

Which do you choose,

Either way you're trapped,

You lose...

Worm Moon

Silvery lunar light,

Insects begin to move

In the soil at night...

Afterwards

A feeling of

Relief and thanks,

That she was only

Shooting blanks...