We Won't Get Fooled Again

The whole purpose for 

Building the wall

Was to keep them out,

Prevent our ruler's fall,

But the wall didn't work,

The invaders arrived,

Those who resisted died,

Those who didn't survived,

The attackers took over,

Their profit, our loss,

Meet the new boss,

Same as the old boss...

Post-Dogma

Brainwashed from childhood,

We had faith, we believed,

Then later found it all to be untrue,

We're empty now, relieved,

Guilt-gnawings cease,

Replaced by a modicum of peace...

Deterrent Design

The park bench has been designed,

To prevent it from being used as a bed,

So, the tired homeless dude just goes

To sleep on the ground, nearby, instead...

年末年始

Approaching the Solstice,

Cold dry, late-December,

The year past being

Something not to remember,

We, almost instinctively,

Gather, family and friends,

Reaffirm our love for each

Other, as the year ends...

Green Power

In a crack in the pavement,

From a random seed,

Bursts up into the light,

A renegade weed…

朝の音

Urban awakening,

Things are stirring,

Rubber-on-asphalt

Whirring-purring,

Rushing machines

Groan and roar,

A morning’s peace

Exists no more…

Salvage

Hope and

Expectation hover,

As efforts are made

To recover,

Patiently

Paying the cost,

To revive

Love lost...

Cause And Effect

Luckily, his distraction

Helped to prevent

A nonconstructive action...

Magic Melody

The lovely old song

Caused her to come up for air

From a dark quiet place

Of despair...

How It Started

Animals and gods hadn't a clue,

About what would transpire,

The toxic transformations,

After Man discovered fire...

Nocturnal

Adventures, fear,

Magical schemes,

Endlessly swirling

In my dreams...

After 5

A good stiff drink

To relieve the stress,

Makes you happy,

Feelings undress,

Then burst and release,

Leaving some kind of peace...

Mind Control

Re-focus and repress,

Bad memories disappear

More or less...

Time Management

Generally helps to think

Ahead, have a plan,

And make sure to take

A nap, when you can...

Over Tea

Old ones gathered

They gossip and chatter

All vital to them, but

Otherwise doesn't matter...

Old Apartment Dweller

Hot plate and 4.5 

Tatami's is all,

Communal toilet

Down the hall,

He waits for it,

Still and prone,

Numb, half-drunk,

And alone...

Mental States

Some, sleeplessly seek

What might be ahead,

Others, stay high,

In the moment, instead...

Yellow Gold

Trees preparing to slumber,

Colored yellow gold,

A short burst of beauty,

Before the coming cold...

Word Play

The sophist asked:

"Which is more real?"

"What you think,

Or what you feel?"

After a pause,

My reply,

Was a simple:

"Why?"...

Polylith

Stones come together

Standing this way

If they could talk

What would they say...

Pink

The ethereal

Power

Of a perfect

Flower

Gut Reaction

Finally, grudgingly,

Acknowledged the fact,

That he was a life-support

System for a digestive tract,

Constantly, unconsciously,

Driven by the need to eat,

Followed inexorably

By the order to excrete...

Gray Matter

Inside our brains,

Memory and 

Past remains,

Which a chemical stew

Somehow retains...

Storytellers

Politicians, preachers, activists,

All of them tense and declarative,

Vie for believers, as they

Battle to shape the narrative...

立冬の花

Weed blooms yellow-gold,

Under a late-autumn sky,

Releasing a bit of beauty,

When the air is cool and dry...