谷戸

Step by step,

Stop and start,

Up the hill she

Pushes her walker-cart,

Short of breath,

Frail old heart,

The pain in her

Legs and back won't stop,

Until she reaches her

Home at the top...

Unfulfilled

Eluding all attempts

At possession,

It slowly turned

Into obsession...

Lisa's Cake Market

Paper hats and aprons

Clean spotless white,

The cakes they make,

Delicious, just right,

Daily fulfilling our

Endless sugary dreams,

With lovingly produced

Short cakes and cremes...

Secret Self

The things that you do,

When no one is watching,

Are the real you...

Beach Zen

A toiling day finished,

Grinding no more,

Rest, and listen to the

Waves hitting the shore...

水仙

Amazing life force,

Survival powers,

Possessed by white

Yellow winter flowers...

Excess

Feelings got more pleasurable,

The more he drank,

Until the fifth martini,

Then things went blank...

屁

Despite best efforts to control

Release of intestinal gas,

Muscles failed, and so,

This too shall pass...  

Special Mission

Disembark from bed,

According to plan of attack,

Tiptoe carefully, quietly,

There's no turning back,

Vector in on refrigerator,

For my midnight snack...

Insomniac

Just wish there was a

Way to mute, or restrain,

The swirling buzz

Of ideas inside my brain...

Night Sky

Lights from space,

As far as I can see,

Galaxies, stars,

Cold dark infinity...

Cellulite

Being with her, he got the sense,

She was battling obesity,

But the fighting was not intense...

Workout

Dumbbells lifted to

Avoid growing frail,

Try to delay aging,

But to no avail,

Intentions for

Better muscle power,

Diminish ever slightly with

Each passing hour... 

New Year's Resolutions

Promises better remembered

Silently, vice spoken,

Lest, in the future,

They be broken...

未知

My mind is continually blown

By how much remains

Undiscovered, unknown...  

Eno Shima Kaigan, 01 January

Children of the Sun,

Lined up on the beach,

As far as the

Eye can reach,

Toward the east

Turn all their eyes,

Waiting for a new 

Year's Sun to rise... 

After Action

Effort concluded,

Energy spent,

God knows where

The excitement went...

Waste

The rich throw

Excess food away,

While the poor are

Hungry, day-to-day,

Dumpsters full

Of meat and bread,

Garbage crows

Are better fed...

Morning Coffee

Memories, ideas,

Random thoughts, enthrall,

While I absentmindedly

Stare at the wall...

What's Ahead

New Year

New day

Somehow we

Will find a way