Almost July

Puddles, vivid greens,
Under the cloudy gray,
Cloying mists on a
Rainy season day...

マックドナルド

Besieged by hungry customers,
Across the countertop,
Slide frantically fashioned
Hamburgers, no end, non-stop,
All done as fast as
The technology allows,
Ensuring the efficient provision
Of ground- up cows...

Fetal Position Defense

Angst, stress caused
By time’s fluxion,
Makes her curl up in
Emotional adduction...

Passing On Genes

They thought of their children,
When they could catch a breath,
And consider their offspring
As a way of cheating death,
Among other thoughts and things
That raising children brings...

203高地

As part of our regimental lunge
We attack into the no man’s land,
Each of us a walking sponge,
To soak-up the flying bullets,
Some of us disintegrate, drop,
And lie unmoving in the mud,
After going over the top...

警備員

The security guard patrols
An empty parking lot,
Out in the rain a
Passing front has brought,
He is of a certain
Stratum and age,
Where he still has to
Earn an hourly wage,
And therefore ends
Up walking his beat,
In the rain, on the
Side of a barren street...

Touchstone

She needed to hold on
To someone, something,
With love, in the
Midst of everything....

Precipitant

Daybreak, half awake,
Aware of the now and this,
And rain is falling
With a whispering hiss...

Equality

Some humans
Learn to be clever,
While others remain
Fools forever...

Although, in the end,
Both have to deal with
That which fate will send...

In The Genes

For reasons both
Conditional and genetic,
Some folks are slow,
While others are frenetic...

Post Commute

At home, after a working day,
A chance to do nothing, decompress,
Lean back in a chair by the window,
Soothed by a cool breeze caress...

And for some unknown why, I smile,
As I just let things float for a while...

Railway To Tomorrow

If life is a train, let’s say,
Speeding from old to new,
Then all kinds of country
It will travel through,
So, as long as you are on it,
Make sure to enjoy the view...

Time Spent & Lost

Stuck waiting outside the restroom,
Next to grandmas gossiping in a pack,
I realize these are minutes in my
Life that I never will get back...

Paris Left Bank

Existential thought,
Considering freedom,
Or being, or not,
Came from cocktails
Flavored with apricot,
And their drinking
Led to the phenomenal
Way of thinking...

Terminal Hurt

Not that easy to explain
But my fear of death is less
Than my fear of pain...

Failed Maintenance

Despite my gardening efforts
The weeds are winning
I suspect they look at me
Laughing and grinning

Art Of The Deal

It’s not what you think,
But rather how you feel,
As you try to decide
Whether to make the deal,
Instead of the Why,
Just focus on the What,
Always watch the eyes,
And go with your gut...

Stacked Deck

Keep on trucking,
Carry on,
You have to play
The card you’ve drawn,
Either win or
Woebegone...

Actress

She figured it out
After a while,
How to pause,
Swallow the bile,
Hide the pain,
And just smile...

Target

Somewhere in the
Afghan combat zone,
The person of interest
Picked up the phone,
And cued a missile
Launched from a drone,
Which flew through the
Window, into the room,
And instantaneous
Eviscerating boom!

All Impending

New day, after
A fitful rest,
Time to
Get dressed,
Caffeinate,
And hope for the best...

引き篭もり

I don’t venture out
Into the village anymore
And my parents know better
Than to knock on the door
To my hiki-komori world:
Four walls, ceiling, and floor...