Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Imprinted

The past, technically,
Does not exist,
Except in books and 
Brain-synapse mist,
"It's gone, god damn it!"
One may insist,
Yet it lingers on, not
Easily dismissed...

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Relentless

Tirelessly tend to
Daily needs,
Neglected garden
Fills with weeds...

日没とムクドリ

Into the gold and gray, the sun descends,
A hundred starlings in the grass
Search for bug-food, as a day ends...

Old Brew

Way back in the Medieval years,
Clean water scarce,
So instead, they drank beers...

Repeat After Me

Despite best efforts,
Sometimes it falls apart,
So, no choice but to
Reassess, restart...  

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Grace

Remember our sins,
For as long as we live,
Hard to forget,
So need to forgive...

Friday, May 26, 2023

Somewhere In Ukraine

Cold clean morning
Across the Donbass,
And here, in a trench,
I'm freezing my ass... 

Too Busy To Notice

Loneliness lessened
By daily distractions,
Errands, chores,
And retail actions...

Monday, May 22, 2023

Take It Easy

Nothing to do,
Nowhere to go,
Magic joy of 
Quiet and slow...

Mono-speak

Me talking to me,
Soliloquy...

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Cosmic

Minutes rush by
In a dizzying pace,
Our steady expiration
While flying through space,
On near-spherical
Rotating place...

Friday, May 19, 2023

Jet Lag

Sleep vultures circle
Above my head,
And around my
Insomniac bed...

Thursday, May 18, 2023

China, Russia, Etc...

For Eurasian residents,
An unavoidable fate,
To be stuck as subjects
Of an authoritarian state...

Airlines Class Warfare

To maintain control, back in
Economy, the way it works,
Is to keep the unwashed unaware
Of business class pleasures & perks...

Draw the curtain quickly, quietly,
So they cannot spy and see...

ChatGPT Unleashed

Computer, first controlled by
The software it ran,
Grew smarter, and faster,
According to a logical plan,
But then gradually, changed
Into a boogeyman,
And now it does whatever,
Just because it can...

Air Defense

The insults she launched,
Were tracked, and intercepted,
Disarmed by a well-aimed smile,
Totally unexpected...

With Gas...?

Some like sparkling,
Others prefer still,
For mineral water, lifestyle,
Or whatever you will...

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Holiday Inn Express

Hotel room, well used,
By many, now and then,
I wonder about that
In a moment of quiet Zen...

Friday, May 12, 2023

言霊

Words, like musical notes
Linked together in a tune,
Sing of happiness, beauty,
Anger, angst, or ruin...

Harbor Retirement Home

Pier side, old wooden ship, 
Empty mast, sails furled,
Long gone the sea days,
Sailing around the world...