Food Wars (Revision 1)

In the endless battles over dietary sin,

It's usually the tastebuds that win,

The arguments brain and conscience make,

Fall flat in the face of chocolate cake...

(* Originally published 9/27/2010)

Defiance In Yellow (Revision 1)

Tall, shimmering Ginko tree,

Gloriously golden, for

All who pass by to see,

Its leaves, like pieces of the sun,

Fall, lay, in a cold yellow

Farewell, as autumn is undone...

(* Originally published 11/22/2010)

片道

Only after launch, toward

Mars, did we learn,

That there would be

No way to return...

News Talk Shows

Televised News, less to

Inform, more to entertain,

Or preach, resulting in

Angst, and spiritual pain,

Therefore, to stay sane,

And as a last resort,

Limit your viewing 

To the weather report...

It's Complicated

To make something

Great again,

Assumes it was

That way back then,

Which may or may

Not be true,

Depending on 

Your point of view... 

Chemistry

How a fart

Will resonate,

Depends on

What you ate…

曇り空

Cool, overcast, gray,

But still beautiful

In a gloomy way...

禊

Clear holy mountain stream,

Cerulean winter sky,

White-clad Pilgrims

Bathe in the water to purify…

人生

Fall in love, unite,

Then procreate,

Grind through

Family raising state,

Emerge on far end,

Old life mate...

Survivors

After the comet hit,

All the dead reptiles,

Safe in their holes,

Mammalian smiles...

Slumber

Down into sleep,

I gently fall,

Drift away through

Nothing at all,

Concerns and

Worries disinvest,

Slowly, quietly,

Heal and rest…

立春

Old Japanese calendar,

Feels a bit queer,

When first day of Spring 

Is the coldest of the year…

Blade Runner

Replicants, almost human,

Exquisite robots, ill-fated,

Condemned to be hunted,

Identified and eliminated…

Covert Operation

Head toward the bed,

Sneaking back,

Successful completion 

Of midnight snack…

Free and Single

My solitary sitting room,

Filled with cold, empty winter air,

Leave TV volume on, to

Feel like someone else is there...

Wages of Withdrawal

Institutions abandoned,

Rules averted or ignored,

And we were left with a

Situation somewhat unmoored,

Setting up, eventually,

Something awful, untoward...

Mysterious Playwright

Who is it that writes,

The dialogue in my dreams,

Somnolent drama nights…

政治家

She waves at passing cars,

Exclaiming her name,

Bows, smiles, dreams

Of political fame,

And the money which will

Come from winning the game…

Somewhat Peaceful

Quieter now, so much

More than before,

Declined, the city’s

Daytime roar,

Replaced by 

Slumber’s underscore…

It

It will pay to be

Alert and aware,

Of how things will

Land, and where,

You assume

Nothing much is there,

But then it hits, and

Sucks out all of the air...

Mutually Beneficial

Balanced on winter branch,

The Jaybird pecks and parries,

In the brittle leaves, searching

For little black berries...

The berries are life-sustaining gifts

For the birds, from the tree,

And seeds in the berries will be

Planted elsewhere, eventually...

How To Endure

To cope with the troubled

Times in which we live,

Take joy in small things,

And fight to remain positive...

Truism

Future, present, past,

Happens, exists,

But doesn't last...

Dark Epiphany

Dearth nighttime view,

From the fourth floor,

The Moon a silver sliver

Which wasn't there before,

Soak in the immediacy,

The meaning, nothing more...

Data Center's Gift

Ask a question, and in the

Time it takes to yawn & blink,

AI provides an answer,

No need for me to think...

AI, my computer friend,

On you, I increasingly depend,

The beginning of the end...