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...

森の息

Northern winter breeze,

Susurrus and sighs,

As it flows through the trees...

Endless

So, what is

Infinity,

Compared to

Eternity?

They seem the

Same to me...

Tasks

Why is it that when

You think you're through,

There's always something

Else to do... 

Yamanote Line, 1/17/2026

Power out, commuter train

Now stopped, now stuck,

Packed together, all nuts

To butts, and holy fuck,

He waits for rescue, smells

Surrounding sweat and soap,

Claustrophobia, tries not

To panic, lose hope...

An hour later, doors are

Opened, and he descends,

Walks along the tracks,

The ordeal finally ends…

Ancient Economics

Excess food production, spurred 

A need to preserve and store,

Which, in turn, created

Wealth and also led to war...

Semi-Repose

Perched on the wire,

The songbird sleeps,

While half of its brain

A vigil keeps...

A state of rest,

Similar, it seems,

To my slumber, polluted

By vivid dreams...

Sudden Pause

The life noises stopped,

Without much warning,

Now, the empty minutes pass,

Eerie silent morning...

薬

Regardless of the rush,

Or the mood you're in,

Got to take your medicine...

Black Breeze

Rattling the windows

The night wind blows,

Whooshing and moaning,

Away it goes,

To murky places

No one knows…

サラリーマン

Unpaid overtime,

Do more with less,

Paychecks sort of

Mitigate the stress,

But the aches

Remain, nonetheless,

In my company

Employee's mess....