湿度

Sweat drips ceaselessly

In the Japanese

Summer humidity...

Air Patrol

Seagull, like the crow,

Circles, looks for

Bits of food below...

Oceanside

Laying on a beach

Someone's idea of fun.

Flesh and fat slowly

Burning to well-done...

Finish Line

Journey ended,

Further movement,

Discommended...

メダカ

Green lilly pads'

Underside,

In watery shadow

The killifish hide...

Portsmouth Weekend

Onto the gun fort

Seagulls alight,

Fat tourists return

From Isle of Wight,

Into gray lapping

Surf, the children run,

Old ladies slather lotion,

Under the English sun...

Trafalgar

Amidst the flying metal

Lethal storm,

Naval duties we

Must perform,

To fight and kill,

Protect our nation,

Admiral's orders,

England's expectation...

The Solent

On a slime green boat ramp,

Sloping up from brackish sea,

A solitary sea bird

Sits resting quietly...

Stressful

Waiting for someone,

Or something, to send,

A signal that the current

Madness will end,

Social forces which

Embitter and divide,

Blue or Red, we're

Forced to decide...

On The Steppe

Down onto the

Golden fields of grain,

The bombs and

Missiles rain,

A tank speeds

Along on country roads,

Then hits a mine,

And explodes,

Cruel war on the

Cossacks' land,

Slavic hate getting

Out of hand...

Temporary

Mid-morning cocktails,

Enjoy the buzz,

Just for the moment,

Just because...

2022 Fourth of July, Yokosuka

Fireworks launched up 

Into a Covid sky, illume,

The otherwise forgettable

Tokyo evening gloom,

Explosions of hope,

For us, continuing to cope...

Appreciation

Cherish your boredom,

The slow and ordinary,

Absence of the evil,

Painful and scary,

Be happy for the burdens

You don't have to carry...

Discount Or Die

Make them buy what,

They really don't need,

A magic trick of 

Retailing, indeed,

But if they won't,

And all else fails,

Immediately launch

The close-out sales...

Hungry And Silent

I wonder, is it

Just me,

Who prefers quiet

and empty...

殺人

Gunned down by a madman,

Just because he wants to,

Just because he can...   

Treadmill

Race against time

Until it's ended, done,

Doesn't really matter

How fast you run...

Look Out Below

Sunset trees, full

Of perching birds,

Chattering, while

Sprinkling turds...

Reminder

Look up, randomly,

And see the glow,

Of a waxing moon,

Just like aeons ago... 

Humid Transition

Sultry evening, under

Early summer sky,

"Spring is gone"

The crickets cry...