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Hope’s a luxury Expensive commodity A gamble I lose. Faith is loud but blind Screams Her strict demands and cries When I prove brittle. Love drives hooks through flesh Hangs you from the Wailing Wall: Willing sacrifice.
MoreMushrooms, mustard greens Berries, broccoli and fish: Radioactive. When the rice glows green Just grind it up into flour Hide it in sembe. Tepco don’t care much For human life, health or love: Ten thousand year fix. Notes Sembe are Japanese rice crackers. Rice can be ground up, made into flour and repackaged, thus hiding […]
MorePiss soaked pants on wall, Grey men’s size large, drip stinking. Is he now naked? Blake’s Satanic Mills Seem innocent in compare: Everything got worse. Poets, Shaman, Priests, Scientists, teachers unleashed: Who will stop the rot?
MoreLife when you rely on charity for shelter You really don’t need To bang so hard on my door: Heart race to open I am poor not dumb Celiac, can’t eat gluten: Not a little, no! You ask how I am? When you don’t want to hear it You use against me Pain that you […]
MoreFillmore in full bloom: Gaudy pink pom poms fall ripe Cruel wind plucks trees bare. “Is this miso hot?’ She stumbles, I say “not yet.” Meaning falls broken. I try Japanese She tells me she’s from Beijing The miso still is cold. ..but my face is red – There’s the heat today!
MoreGrit makes oyster words Chewed cud-like, spat out, pearl-wise: My shell is empty! Early heat, late freeze Kills blossoms still on the trees: They don’t get to fall. Wasabi powder Awake dulled senses brightly! I need heat not grit! (Photograph my OWN)
MoreSpring gusts pick up dirt – ‘Frisco leavings, toxic waste. Mask feels good on face! Tokyo has no trees: I wonder how we still breathe? My cactus works hard! None of us can breathe: This is the time of no air! Open the window! Yet I do not dare This springtime fails to comfort: Wind […]
MoreChiba Beach alone I spy Disney horizons: America looms! L.A spring is grey: No blossom, bloom or flower: Hollywood’s paved gold. Basho disapproves: Spring lines should be elegant! Mine freeze in spring winds. (Photograph my own)
MoreWooden sword upraised Spinning splitter wild hits ribs: Diamond war erupts. Chaos on the field No throws hit their marks, a mess! Ohtani is down! Two outs, double play! Balance is restored today – Pitcher licks his lips.
MoreSun’s out! Blossom bloom! The lure of Matcha ice is Universal! Peace! Fat white boys wield swords! Girl’s in cat ears roar cutely! Manga reigns supreme. Tyrant says “this way!” Woman follows quietly: Dragon bides her time.
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