Sophistry

That theoretical moment when
Irresistible meets immovable,
What is supposed to happen then?
Nuclear fusion, or back it all up,
Contrive the collision again...

Old One Who Senses

The ancient camphor tree,
Knows, feels rather than sees,
Shading, below, the sentient ones,
Listens to the message of the breeze...

DMV Or Dentist's Office

Staring at the coffee-table-book,
Tired, wrinkled magazines,
I sigh, and take another look,
At the plastic clock on the wall,
Of this waiting place,
Its hands hardly move at all...

Electric Fireplace

Quiet and empty
There's me
And my companion
The T.V.
Consistent
Compatibility

Giants Versus Tigers

Humid summer night, trying
To put the bat on the ball,
Swinging, sweating, hitting,
Is the whole point, is the all,
The intention, all the same,
Of the past-time, to kill the
Moments, to win, the game...

Clockwork

Future becomes now,
It all happens fast,
And then now,
Slides by, into past,
Pleasure enjoyed,
But doesn't last...

Secondhand, Thirdhand

Today's hot fashion,
Is what they wore,
Some decades ago...

All been done before

What you may know,
Is a puppet show,
Wisdom's encore,
Reinserted, apropos...

All been done before

Lost Weekend

Where the day went,
I'm really not so sure,
Due to various factors,
Some of them, obscure...

Rio 2016

Drinking, eating
Watching Olympic
Athletes competing

Their muscular
Glory is fleeting

立秋

Heavy, and wet, from a typhoon's pour,
The long summer grass lies flat, and then,
Unnoticed, stands up like it was before...
The long grass, resilient, supple, and strong,
Will turn gold, will get old, before long...

Step On

Get up, get going, do what
It takes, whatever works,
What will happen awaits,
And opportunity lurks...

Aural Arboreal

In a forest, a tree falls down,

Groaning, cracking, popping

With no human there to hear,

The sounds of its dropping

Nearby the listening deer...

Float Away

Somewhere incidental

Magical or queer

I must go to the place

Where dreams appear

I must drift away to

Anyplace but here...

Pause Button

There are times when
Inaction is best
Better to wait and see
Better to rest...

Why?

We fought in Vietnam, and thereafter Iraq,
And Afghanistan, partially out of a sense
Of patriotic duty, the rest being the bond
Of soldiers who kill as a consequence...

Perspective In High August

Hot days, in succession, pass,
We call it a heat wave, sweat,
But it's all the same to the grass...

And Now A Word From Our Sponsor

So easy to lose track
Of what's important
And you can't get back
Time lost wandering
In a consumer cul de sac

Florescent Light

The subtle joke having been told,
Some seconds pass before a flicker
Of understanding finally leads
To a smile and a snicker...

Separator

When things bog down, and barriers
Rise, progress all ruin and wrack,
Fight on, and wait for the solution,
To come rolling down the track...

(Photo by Geoffrey M. Hamilton, 1955-2011)

Missed Opportunity

It's a deeper, different,
Kind of sad,
Crying over something
You never had...

Omaha, California Bar (Part 3)

Politicians come and then go,
Elections are a clown's bazaar,
I watch all the sound and fury,      
And hold down my end of the bar...

Global warming underway,
But still want to drive a car,
I foresee our future of terminal sweat,
And hold down my end of the bar...

Young fanatic celibate men,
Attack innocents near and far,
I curse the fates from twisted gods,
And hold down my end of the bar...

Corporate's endless sales pitch,
For sex and a good cigar,
I pay for my beer with dollar bills,
And hold down my end of the bar...

Our media-manipulated drama,
Plays as we orbit a minor star,
I recognize the utter meaninglessness,
And hold down my end of the bar...