石橋たたき

When it comes time

To choose your path,

Analyze your options,

And do the math...

Get Real

Peace will prevail in

This year of the Horse...

Just wishful thinking

Of course...

Ambient

Besotted by Bladerunner vibes,

Hunched over a computer's light,

In the dark basement of his mother's

House, all is comfortable, all right...

The AI-generated music plays,

And the video game transports,

In a way, to amuse and amaze...

Happy New Year

The Year of the Snake,

Was weird, big mistake,

But improve, of course,

In the Year of the Horse...

Better luck, to

Help us cope,

Sanity prevailing,

Or so we hope...

除夜の鐘

The priest rings the Temple

Bell, "gong", then again "gong",

One hundred and eight times,

Sins: "farewell", "so long"...

Erased all Earthly desires,

By the sounds of the Temple

Bells, and the votive fires...

After Things Break Down

Huddled together beside

A broken street,

A small garbage fire

Gives light and heat,

They survive amidst loss,

And chunks of concrete...

おはようございます

Images slowly emerge from the blur,

Lingering sleep in my eyes,

Give my coffee another stir...

Olongapo City 1981

Here we sit, day drinking mojo punch

In an open bar facing the street,

Watching all the third world locals

Hurrying by in the tropical heat,

After a couple months at sea,

With money saved up to spend,

We will execute a sailors' liberty

Plan, until our inebriated end,

Which will hit, sometime

Around noon, and then deters,

Us, for a while, until the liberty

Plan recovers, and reoccurs...

Nonobtrusive (Survival)

Be quiet, don't make a sound,

Hope they will miss, hope

You won't be found...

But, if they do, when

All is said and done,

Open the door out

Back, and run...

Boundary

The line between dark and light,

Good and evil, chaos and order,

Is delicate, tenuous, slight,

Like an unguarded border...

心臓

Future extends no further 

Than your next heart beat,

And the chemistry that

Spurs the muscle to repeat...

スポーツ

A mysterious human activity,

Which enflames and enthralls,

Athletes running around

On grass, chasing balls...

Cerebral Freeze

Squeezing my brain, 

Hopelessly concentrating,

To summon something

Profound or penetrating...

But not yet, there's

Not a lot there,

Just jumbled ideas

In empty air...

Pre-Solstice

The day is cold, dry, and clear,

Sunlight hours fleeting, before

The longest night of the year...

Non-Tourist

Why pay good money, to fly

Far away through the air,

To a well appointed 

Strangers room somewhere,

While ignoring that

For relaxation and rest,

Staying in your comfort zone,

At home, is best...

Canaan

Unending blood feud,

Payback and revenge,

Humans are screwed…

Circular

With high hopes for our

Journey, we departed,

For adventures in places

Exotic, uncharted,

Only to end up

Back where we started…

Nocturnal

While others slept,

She worked all night,

Now slumping into bed

In the morning light...

Reawake later,

Snack at the automat,

Then, out into the dark,

With cat and bat....

How It Goes

Catch a cold,

Catch a break,

Catch your breath,

Give and take,

Roll with

What you make...

Might is Right?

"Take no prisoners" our order said,

So, salute, say "Yes Sir", and

Proceed to shoot them dead...

All merciless and awful,

But war is Hell, and the

Result was apparently lawful...

森の散歩

Cool morning in a forest,

All quiet and calm,

Breathe in the crisp green'd

Air, spiritual balm,

Gently soothing, as

I slowly stride,

An ancient emotional

Place inside...

年を取る

When one gets older.

Time moves faster,

Cold seems colder...

Switch

Try going from Point B

To Point A,

A different course,

A different way...

三浦半島の冬

Winter, coldly slowly arrives,

Infiltrating this temperate place,

Where the green somehow survives...

In a dry frigid patch of sunlight,

A Daffodil thrives...

JAG

Military lawyers have the

Knowledge, skill,

To explain when it's

Legally OK to kill...