Invisible Hand (2)

Businessworld, a balance

Between shareholder need

And corporate greed...

Subordinate labor to

Profits and sales,

Orchestrate a buy out

If all else fails...

Corporeal

Perplexed over here, after

Being flummoxed over there,

All baggage that comes

Along with being self aware...

Morning Routine

"Nurse must be sixty years younger

Than me", and other random thoughts,

As he is assisted up from his wheelchair

To do his stretches and squats...

Wet Meal

Crow, walking on the ground,

In the rain, over there,

Hunting for the worms

Which come up for air...

あの世

Life after death is not a

Sentient heavenly revive,

Rather, it exists in the

Hearts of those still left alive,

One lives on in images

Which from memory derive...

Current Events

My good mood will

Dissipate, diffuse,

As soon as I watch

The morning news...

Autumn Savior

Cold northern air mass arrives,

Finally, no longer forced inside,

By the too-hot Sun, into air

Conditioned rooms to hide,

Soon caressed by the temperate

Breeze October will provide...

Tuesday Morning

Through the opened window

Flows the cool October air,

And the sounds of everyone

Waking up everywhere,

Move, walk, drive away

From the night no longer there...

Null

A kind of static, craving, 

Neutral empty mood,

Result of not being

Fed enough emotional food...

Boot Camp

Sitting on the toilet,

Nothing coming out,

Drill Instructors

Outside, lurking about,

Newly-shaved head,

Stress and fear,

Wondering how the heck

I ended up here...

マイペース

That comforting realization,

In the beginning of the end,

Around me the sweaty ones

Who compete and contend...

That when they warn

"You'll be left behind!"

I find, that I

Do not really mind...

Up Above

Crows and Seahawks,

Fly the cool sky,

Of the Equinox...

救急車

Early morning ambulance klaxons,

Taxi service for the near-dead,

Away from their lonely apartments

Carried to a distant hospital bed...

Beyond Words

Boasts, threats, promises,

Talk is cheap,

Time to act, girdle up

Your faith and leap...

Rescue

Catch the life-line

Thrown your way,

Safety awaits in

A troubled day,

Not a time for

Despair or hope,

Just don't let go

Of the rope...

Out of the Enclosed

The light at the end of the tunnel,

What does it really portend?

Emergence from darkness,

A beginning, or rather, an end...

2020~2021

What was the pandemic like,

You ask,

Well, I pretty much

Always wore a mask...

Slather on alcohol,

Stay quiet and hide,

Hope the virus

Didn't find a way inside...

Immune system later

Bolstered by inoculation,

Helped put an end

To our social isolation...

Glass Half Full

The ability to

Inspire, uplift,

Spread positivity,

Is a gift...

Show Business

A Hollywood Star,

Best seen on the screen,

Or viewed from afar...

For to do otherwise,

Their flaws and warts

Will appear to your eyes...

Revealing the fact

They are only special

Because they can act...

Their everyday lives

Otherwise somewhat sane,

Boosted by pills and booze,

Cope with the mundane...

Night Shift

While most folks are soundly asleep,

We are awake and working away,

Like vampire bats we embrace the dark,

And then go to rest come the new day,

No customers to deal with, focus on

The job, fewer distractions, less stress,

We night hawks exist, unseen, unnoticed,

But make things happen, nonetheless...

Do The Dew

Mountain Dew,

A refreshing elixir,

Originally made

As a Bourbon mixer,

Now a mass market

Soft drink queen,

Delivering high fructose

Corn, citrus, caffeine...

観光地

Tourists arrive, purchase, 

Pass through,

Our country, a theme park,

A zoo...

Reversal

Everything changed in our war,

When we got to the point where

We could not back up anymore... 

Visitor

What arrived from outer space,

Wasn't a group of little green men,

Rather, buried in a meteorite,

Was a microscopic pathogen,

Which rode the rock, unnoticed,

Down into the angry ocean surge,

And now it lies among the

Whale bones, waiting to emerge...

Scut Work

Working through a mess,

Relentless stress,

But cleaning it up brings happiness...