Imprinted

The past, technically,

Does not exist,

Except in books and 

Brain-synapse mist,

"It's gone, god damn it!"

One may insist,

Yet it lingers on, not

Easily dismissed...

Relentless

Tirelessly tend to

Daily needs,

Neglected garden

Fills with weeds...

日没とムクドリ

Into the gold and gray, the sun descends,

A hundred starlings in the grass

Search for bug-food, as a day ends...

Old Brew

Way back in the Medieval years,

Clean water scarce,

So instead, they drank beers...

Repeat After Me

Despite best efforts,

Sometimes it falls apart,

So, no choice but to

Reassess, restart...  

Grace

Remember our sins,

For as long as we live,

Hard to forget,

So need to forgive...

Somewhere In Ukraine

Cold clean morning

Across the Donbass,

And here, in a trench,

I'm freezing my ass... 

Too Busy To Notice

Loneliness lessened

By daily distractions,

Errands, chores,

And retail actions...

Take It Easy

Nothing to do,

Nowhere to go,

Magic joy of 

Quiet and slow...

Mono-speak

Me talking to me,

Soliloquy...

Cosmic

Minutes rush by

In a dizzying pace,

Our steady expiration

While flying through space,

On near-spherical

Rotating place...

Jet Lag

Sleep vultures circle

Above my head,

And around my

Insomniac bed...

China, Russia, Etc...

For Eurasian residents,

An unavoidable fate,

To be stuck as subjects

Of an authoritarian state...

Airlines Class Warfare

To maintain control, back in

Economy, the way it works,

Is to keep the unwashed unaware

Of business class pleasures & perks...

Draw the curtain quickly, quietly,

So they cannot spy and see...

ChatGPT Unleashed

Computer, first controlled by

The software it ran,

Grew smarter, and faster,

According to a logical plan,

But then gradually, changed

Into a boogeyman,

And now it does whatever,

Just because it can...

Air Defense

The insults she launched,

Were tracked, and intercepted,

Disarmed by a well-aimed smile,

Totally unexpected...

With Gas...?

Some like sparkling,

Others prefer still,

For mineral water, lifestyle,

Or whatever you will...

Holiday Inn Express

Hotel room, well used,

By many, now and then,

I wonder about that

In a moment of quiet Zen...

言霊

Words, like musical notes

Linked together in a tune,

Sing of happiness, beauty,

Anger, angst, or ruin...

Harbor Retirement Home

Pier side, old wooden ship, 

Empty mast, sails furled,

Long gone the sea days,

Sailing around the world...