Re-Homing in the Maple Land, XXXVIII
in this promised land
my immigrant life compressed
to hard working
and light sleeping between jobs ...
fresh morning in my broken world
FYI: L5 alludes to the following lines:
...
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you...
Mary Oliver, "Invitation," Red Bird, 2009
Added: Re-Homing in the Maple Land, XXXIX
stringing
and unstringing this old erhu ...
My Hometown
the song I come to sing
remains sung in my heart
Added:
a riot of colors
in my neighbor's garden
at its edge
Foreclosure tilted
in breezy sunshine
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a long lineup
at the recycling station
in his cart
empty bottles and cans
taller than this street kid
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Good Friday afternoon
the white church steeple's shadow
darkens a stray
FYI: This haiku could be read as a prequel to the following:
whitewashed church
on the street corner a black man
with a crown of thorns
FYI: Ls 2&3 allude to "Black Jesus." Black theology envisions Jesus Christ as one who stands on the side of the oppressed people, blacks, and is one with them, over against the oppressor.
Added: Trump Empire, Inc., XXIII
shoulder to shoulder
protesters chant, Not Our King!
holding a giant banner,
Vladimir Putin walks
Donald Trump on a leash
Added:
in his $50,000
three-bedroom ranch-style rental home
the Richest Man sneers
homeless men? Just drug zombies,
needles and human feces on the street
FYI: Yahoo! Finance, April 4: Elon Musk sold his seven mansions for more than $100 million and now lives in a $50,000 three-bedroom ranch-style rental home in Boca Chica, Texas
The Independent, Dec. 13, 2024: Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
“Homeless is a misnomer. It implies that someone got a little bit behind on their mortgage, and if you just gave them a job, they’d be back on their feet,” he told former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson in October. “What you actually have are violent drug zombies with dead eyes, and needles and human feces on the street.”
The more money spent combating homelessness, “the worse it gets”, according to Musk.
And Los Angeles Times, April 20: Lancaster mayor's remedy for homelessness: 'Free fentanyl' and 'a purge'
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