Excess

Feelings got more pleasurable,

The more he drank,

Until the fifth martini,

Then things went blank...

屁

Despite best efforts to control

Release of intestinal gas,

Muscles failed, and so,

This too shall pass...  

Special Mission

Disembark from bed,

According to plan of attack,

Tiptoe carefully, quietly,

There's no turning back,

Vector in on refrigerator,

For my midnight snack...

Insomniac

Just wish there was a

Way to mute, or restrain,

The swirling buzz

Of ideas inside my brain...

Night Sky

Lights from space,

As far as I can see,

Galaxies, stars,

Cold dark infinity...

Cellulite

Being with her, he got the sense,

She was battling obesity,

But the fighting was not intense...

Workout

Dumbbells lifted to

Avoid growing frail,

Try to delay aging,

But to no avail,

Intentions for

Better muscle power,

Diminish ever slightly with

Each passing hour... 

New Year's Resolutions

Promises better remembered

Silently, vice spoken,

Lest, in the future,

They be broken...

未知

My mind is continually blown

By how much remains

Undiscovered, unknown...  

Eno Shima Kaigan, 01 January

Children of the Sun,

Lined up on the beach,

As far as the

Eye can reach,

Toward the east

Turn all their eyes,

Waiting for a new 

Year's Sun to rise... 

After Action

Effort concluded,

Energy spent,

God knows where

The excitement went...

Waste

The rich throw

Excess food away,

While the poor are

Hungry, day-to-day,

Dumpsters full

Of meat and bread,

Garbage crows

Are better fed...

Morning Coffee

Memories, ideas,

Random thoughts, enthrall,

While I absentmindedly

Stare at the wall...

What's Ahead

New Year

New day

Somehow we

Will find a way

ZZZZ

While asleep completely,

2022 turned

Into 2023...

Advice

If curious

About your fate

Don't act

Just wait

Somewhere In China, Late-2022

Fist fight at the crematorium

Over who's next turn,

To shove their Covid corpse

Into the oven to burn...

Tactical Pause

Tired brain worries, wracks,

Better to find Zen,

Slow down, and relax...

お焚き上げ

Flames from burning votives,

Cast a flickering light,

Across the shrine courtyard,

Solemn New Year's night...

Keep On Trucking

Slog on, try to

Do your best,

And the gods will

Take care of the rest...

Lifeforce

Narcissus, visited by

Tiny Winter bees,

In dirt which

Doesn't freeze,

Small green hope

Under empty trees...

The Trick Of Time

Cold dry evening air,

Under waxing Moon,

Another year

Will be ending soon,

Or so the clocks

And calendars proclaim,

But apart from that,

Things feel the same...

Whew

War-torn, infected, 2022,

Finally ended,

Somehow, we made it through...

Sequential

Another new day,

Feels the same,

Similar to yesterday,

It has no name...   

Bench Time

When gravity gets too heavy,

Declare, for a moment, defeat,

Find a good spot, catch your 

Breath, take a seat...