a long walk home
after my first AA meeting
a neon sign
brings the flavour of beer
to the tip of my tongue
I repeat to myself
a day of sobriety
is wavelike ...
each one comes forward
with its own up and down
all I want
is to drink one beer (or two)
and pat my dog ...
alone at the crosswalk
a traffic light turns yellow
Added:
flowers wilting
in my front yard garden
a morning breeze
lets loose
a petal song for autumn
FYI: It might be interesting to do a comparison reading of the following tanka:
Added:
a street preacher talks
over a line of pro-choicers --
his arguments
frothy as soapsuds
get big ... and bigger
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXXIX: "between reality and the vision"
Between Reality and the Vision
Yom Teruah
this Jewish day of blasting ...
from Gaza
the faint boom, boom, boom
fueling the fire of revenge
a dream, and yet ...
dry bones in Gaza's graves
reshaped
into skeletons, filled out with flesh,
standing on their feet, alive
FYI: Yom Teruah, also known as Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets, is a Jewish holiday marking the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the High Holy Days. Its name translates to "day of blasting" or "day of sounding the shofar" (ram's horn). The central element of Yom Teruah is the sounding of the shofar, which consists of 100 blasts during a traditional Rosh Hashanah service. The teruah sound itself can mean an alarm, a signal, or a shout of joy.
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LVIII
written in response to the Convicted Felon's hourlong "your countries are going to hell" rant
Donald Trump is right
about everything, everything
echoes, echoing ...
in the gathering dark
the psych ward hallway
FYI: CNN News, September 23 2025: Trump’s ‘your countries are going to hell’ UN speech, annotated
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