Somewhere In Hollywood

Outside, all jokes and jolly,

Inside, morbid melancholy,

Only afterwards, did they find,

Demons had eaten his mind,

Despite all his riches and fame,

He was trapped in a losing game...

事実

The truth is out there,

But don't know

Exactly where...

And truth is non-fungible,

So they say,

But tends to get interpreted,

Every which way...

68

He sits alone in the hotel room,

Fading orange sunset to the west,

The dénouement to a day no 

More spectacular than the rest,

A day which might have 

Been celebrated with friends,

Instead is a silent monologue

As the lonely light ends...

Mileage

Rest, motion, stress,

Experienced repeatedly,

All in order to get from

Point A to point B...

Global Warming

Summer's heat extended

Into September, when it

Already should have ended...

Commuter's Curse

Pondering life's meaning,

And what I am,

Wasting unrecoverable minutes,

Stuck in a traffic jam,

In the padded cell

Compartment of my car,

Stalled, as we revolve

Around our solar star...

Accelerant

The party started out

Mellow and mild,

Then the Tequila came out,

And things got wild...

金持ちと貧乏

Mesmerized, they watch

The ways of the rich,

On the motel room TV,

Now ain't that a bitch...

Single Life

She lived off the grid

Of family and friends,

Unfettered, pursued

Her means and ends,

She never felt lonely

While living alone,

Engrossed in the screen

Of her internet phone,

Then came the day,

As it surely will,

When she found herself

Suddenly very ill,

And no one came by

To help her heal,

The high cost of solitude

Then became real...

Enchanted

If you listen closely,

You just might hear

The notes of a tune

Ethereal and queer,

Sung by forest spirits

Hiding somewhere near,

For a moment, and

Then they disappear,

Sprites and fairies

Who dwell among the trees,

Their songs and whispers

Swirl in the breeze...

En Route The Goal

Marathon or dash,

Whichever you will run,

The point is not to stop

Until the race is done...

It Came From Above

The colony of centipedes

Thrived in the grass,

Until the day the

Lawnmower made its pass...

Auto-controls

It's not that hopeless,

So, listen to me,

Everything gets resolved

Eventually,

Actions and

Consequences congeal

Into results, either

Workable or less than ideal...

A Kind Of Purgatory

Four hours until

Arrival at the gate,

So, in the cavernous airport,

We drink and wait...

Ambush

So busy, distracted,

No clue at all,

Before hitting the wall...

Navel Perusal

Some choose discipline,

Concentrate, meditate,

Others just self-medicate,

Then vegetate...

Overtime

Stuck beside a screen,

Suspended, quarantined,

Waiting for a video

Meeting to be convened,

Minutes pass, while the 

Watch I'm keeping,

Looking at the clock,

When I should be sleeping...

夏祭り

Finally, with the removal

Of pandemic masks,

Their festival was held,

With its obligations and tasks...

Their god palanquin,

Carried around the neighborhood,

"Wa-shoi!, washoi!", all is

Normal, all is good...

The Cure

She found that the

Way to stay sane,

Was to welcome and

Immerse in the mundane...

Nausea

Engrossed in worries,

Ephemeral fears,

Movement frozen,

Spinning gears,

Waiting for that 

What which nears...