High School Daze

Hooked on getting high
Lost in a video game
As the hours go by
Can't get off of the
Couch, don't even try...

Dealing With It

Living with uncertainty
We do the best we can
Snake-charming fate
And sticking to a plan
Which might mitigate
But can not prevent
What will be sent...

Bare Trees

Winter's last cold blast,
Unblossomed pinks
Hide, until it's  passed...

Poetry

Words collected to decorate
Describe an impression
Which feelings elevate
Into what must be written

Lives Of The Rich & Famous

Lonely ones
Relentlessly
Worship, pursue
Celebrity
Talk to the faces
On T.V.

The Unseen

High altitude snow flakes float
Down and don't make a sound,
Heavenly white, they melt away
Before reaching the ground,
Never seen, they are not missed,
Did they even exist...

Early March

The equinox, still a few
Weeks away, and winter
Has yet to bid adieu
Cold and lurking about
Not quite gone and
I am left in doubt
But all this the plants know
And they push up
Green and start to grow

Sign Of The Times

Apparently the new norm
Is for news to entertain
Vice report and inform...

Short Comfort

Life seems temporarily fine
To the feral cat basking
In a spot of soft sun's shine

Weird Alliance

The court jester joined forces
With the village idiot, and,
The ensuing madness went
Pretty much as planned...

Fratricidal

Cursed to be a sibling,
To a psychotic youth,
Who became the king,
Who eats too much and
Tends to kill everything...

Rumsfeld's Wisdom

There is what you know,
And what you don't know,
Then there is what you do
Not know you don't know...

Try as you might to learn,
The unknown may confuse
What you strive to discern...

Sonic Sense

Suppose they can hear
The sermon you bring,
But do they listen?
Now that's the thing,
Can't be deceived
That what you transmitted
Is what they received...

Receptionist

The passive aggressive
Spider waits to meet
The random visitor
Who she can eat...

Politics

The realization that
One can be dumb,
Yet be in charge,
Leaves me numb...

The Human Condition

Corner bar, could be almost anywhere,
A hunter, denied the natural chance
To chase, and kill, and provide meat,
Hunts for money he put in his pants...

Somewhere Near Mosul

To eliminate the evil terrorists,
A fuel-air-explosive was employed,
Resulting in justice, flying body
Parts, and schadenfreude...

Bars

The feel of a cage
Is all about,
Whether you are
In it, or out...

Aesthetics

The samurai gazes up toward
A beautiful moonlit sky as he
Wipes the blood from his sword...

Feeding Time

Morning at the garbage placement
Spot, where crows eviscerate
The plastic bags, and feed on
What they don't obliterate,
The sidewalk soon a scene of
Chaos: detritus, bones, wait
For the Mama-san with her
Broom to set things straight...

There, Not Here

Stuck at his desk
Wishing
He was on a lake
Fishing

必殺仕事人

A victim of injustice, or evil
Acts of bad men, can pay
To get revenge, get justice,
Through a darkened way,
Shigoto-nin assassins will,
Carry out a vigilante task,
Using technique and skill,
On the villains they kill...

Toddler's Payback

Even thick athletic socks
Don't help when you
Tread on Lego blocks,
Which were ordered to
Be put back in their box,
But weren't, and now
It's all about dealing,
With the pain your
Poor feet are feeling...

Ambush Ready

Lying quiet in the jungle heat,
Crocodile on the river bank,
Waiting to attack and eat...

School Of Life

Some of us studied hard to learn
About history, science, and math,
Others didn't, and now spend their
Time drinking in the Jacuzzi bath...