Didn't Join Debate Club

Thinking about it afterwards,

Realizing what you could have said,

But you'd launched a

Lame response instead,

As usual, losing out to

Those of quicker wit,

Brains just wired differently,

You're forced to admit...

In My Car

Big old Buick

Bench seat,

Where dreams

And desires meet,

Breathless teenage

Hormone heat...

庭園

In a Japanese garden, capture,

Hold, a moment,

Queer quiet rapture...

Non Verbal

Unexpectedly,

Her reply,

Was just a

Shrug and sigh...

忘年会

Mid-November, the time

Is drawing near,

To gather, get drunk,

And forget this year...

Indigenous

After the land-hungry

Foreigners arrived,

Only the tough and

Clever survived,

Natives caught in

An implacable plight,

Most chose to endure,

Rather than fight...

Escape

From the daily rat-race,

Ease up a bit,

Look around carefully,

Then quietly quit...

San Francisco Tenderloin

Escape the hellish day,

Forget, float, pleasure-lift,

Then mercilessly crash,

Fentynol's deadly gift...

Pre-Extinction

Dinosaurs did not doubt their

Dominance, not even a bit,

Enjoying apex reptile life,

Until the comet hit...

Pre-Boarding

Head toward a distant

Destination, through the air,

Turn my body over to

Airline industry's care...

Ones And Zeroes

Clicking and scrolling,

On a journey of constant discovery,

Into the distant digital

Internet infinity...

Geopolitics

Land border,

Permanent threat

To peace and order...

Better security

Surrounded

By the sea...

Life Tactics

A way to stay

Stable and sane,

Enjoy, embrace,

The mundane...

At The 100 Yen Store

Halloween goods, mark

Down sale for clearance,

Orange changed to red, as

Christmas makes its appearance,

Decorations and trinkets,

Replaced and rearranged,

Retail's reminder that

The season has changed...

A Fool's Gambit

An embarrassing moment for the King,

A hush fell over the court, no one spoke,

Fearing the King's anger, nary a sound,

Until the Jester decided to tell a joke,

And the King burst out in laughter,

And the Jester famous ever after...

Arboreal Management

A tall majestic Ginko tree,

Branches amputated, pruned,

Done for the tree to stay healthy

But it looks abused and ruined,

Now naked, and facing

The cold that winter will bring,

Its greenness not to return

Until the distant spring...

煽り運転

In a fit of rage, he

Burst out of his car,

Only to be run-over,

He didn't get far,

His ego so tied-up

With speeding and driving,

He ended up

Not surviving...

紅葉

The forested hills turn

Yellow, orange, brown,

Cool and above the

Busy indifferent town...

あお向け

Meditate,

Or maybe

Vegetate,

His favorite

Mental state...

Grandpa Duty

Pushing the pram,

We go round and round,

In the hall of the mall,

Through synth wave sound...

オミクロン

Followed prevention protocols,

Medicated, as directed,

But the virus was more agile,

And he still got infected,

What came afterwards,

Though, was less than expected...

Pinball Wizard

Playing pinball pachinko,
What you'll want to do,
Is watch the motion and lights,
Until you reach the state of MU,
MU being Japanese for
Empty, null, and nothingness,
For some, a fleeting form
Of happiness...

Being There

I got this weird feeling

Right out of the blue,

Time and place familiar,

But not quite deja vu...

Stagflation

Can't get over, no matter

How hard I work,

Prices keep rising,

Boss is a genial jerk,

The face of my fate

Wears a tired smirk...

Loyalty

Those who follow

Those who lead,

Drawn along,

Fail or succeed...