Unsatisfactory

Both parents work, and

Just cannot be there,

In their empty home, full of

Lower middle-class air,

Their toddlers raised by

Strangers in day care,

Such being the state of

A modern family affair...

雑草

After April rains, and the

Green grows fiercely, fast,

Surging, clinging, covering

All, a verdant biological blast…

Coping Technique

Neither surrender nor succumb,

To the social madness, rather

Be watchful, quiet, numb…