November Grapes

The airplane from France,

Lands in the evening glow,

Filled with a cargo of

Beaujolais Nouveau,

Its arrival in Japan

Per contract withal,

An annual reminder

Of the coming of Fall...

True Brew

Neither good nor bad,

Here nor there,

Alcohol's God's apology

For making us self-aware...

Special Operation

Cannot look away,

Impossible to ignore,

Following developments,

Keeping bloody score,

Watching from distance

The ongoing war...

ユーモア

Things go better with

Smiles and mirth,

For all intents and purposes,

For what it's worth...

Tik-Tok World

In retrospect, it wasn't

A well-considered scheme,

Our failure later caught on camera,

And turned into a famous meme... 

満月の無

Moonlight reflected on

Breaking waves

Silvery light which

Soothes and saves

Clinical Lunch

In various conditions,

And stages of decrepitude,

The old ones settle down

To eat their hospital food,

In the cafeteria, colored

A calm light blue,

They slowly feed, happy

To be able to chew...

Momentary Smiles

The source of their

Happiness was mysterial,

Genuine joy, but fleeting,

Ethereal...

時差ボケ

Jet-lagged and listless,

Weighed down on the bed,

Vulture-like minutes

Slowly circle overhead...

Pre-Winds

Damp gray September day,

Not a hint of a breeze,

Typhoon brewing

In the southern seas... 

Special Ed

He actually 

Went to school

To study how to

Play the fool...

Imagination

Everything special

Not as it seems

Like the colors

In my book of dreams...

社会の重み

Japanese working

From day to night,

And live within rules,

Woven tight...

Slight Diversion

The house seemed the

Same, nothing rearranged,

Same old furniture, but

The people had changed...

Headphones And Scenery

That magical moment when

Music matches perfectly,

With the jaw-dropping

Beauty of what you see,

Out the window of a moving

Train, momentarily...

Unplanned Developments

Sometimes events

Align and conspire,

To complicate, stress

And bemire...

Suspended Animation

Scramble to arrive

Early at the gate

But the aircraft

Is late...

Fleeting

The game was won,

Thrills, and energy spent,

Momentary elation

From a sporting event,

Then dissipation, the

Mad joy evanescent,

Trudge into the parking lot,

And away we went...

90-something

Lost, sitting on

The edge of her bed,

Can't see through

The fog in her head,

Long past

Being bemused,

Now just

Tired and confused...

No Sidewalks

Automobile nation,

Sprawling empty suburbs,

Clean green desolation...

Somewhere In Shinjuku

Snoring drunk, lying flat,

Sleeping it off on pavement,

Eyed by alley cat...

皿洗い

Thinking about what lies ahead,

And unfulfilled wishes,

Half-remembered dreams,

While washing the dishes...

An Inspiration

It came suddenly,

From out of the blue,

And how, or why,

I haven't a clue...

Draftee

Given no choice,

I can't resist,

I have no voice...

So, it's "stay alive",

Kill, if I must,

And others will decide

If the war was just...

Last Day Of お盆

Gathered families,

And dead spirits, prepare,

To depart and return

To everywhere...