Japanese Tanka game

Sun had just risen
today was filled with promise
I mounted my bike
the promising day was void
I did not know gnats could kill.





Next topic:Robbing an ice cream store.

He moves for the mint
I motion with the barrel
'The red one' I say
His hands tremble with the scoop
I just hope it's strawberry

Next topic: Elvis

"Hey baby", he says,
His hips gyrating beneath,
neon bright lamé;
But he's not really the King,
Just some Presley pretender.


Next topic: A weird looking cat.

Butterscotch, ragged
Treasure, has lost some stuffing,
One side's whisker-less;
He's a vessel of secrets,
Beloved keeper of dreams.

Next topic:
daydreams

I wander in the
Silence of occupation
With a mind to meet
The joys only it can bring;
Alone all is acquired.

Next topic:
A divided self

I climbed in the box,
He said it wouldn't hurt me,
As he sawed through me;
But now I am in two halves,
And can't find clothes to fit me!


Next topic: Temptation

Allured by the news
that you were rendered double,
and no neck tie serves,
though socks and mittins fit,
undesirous, minus took.

next;
ulcers

Ha. At any rate
Nature's morality
is arbitrary
Or otherwise why this gut
punishment for egg and chips?

Next: war and id

Suppressed desires
Transfigured in agony;
"Mother, mother, come,"
Cries a paralyzed victim
Lost in the trenches.

Parenthood

Blind fancies crumble,
With awakened amazement,
I leave behind the
Chimeras of guesswork, and
Watch the unfolding of hope.

Next topic:
Spring

Warm air brings life in
Sprouting flowers and birdsongs;
A jesting feeling
Pervades my deep encrusted
Aura of wintry weather.

Constellations

Holes punched in darkness;
Forming heroes, gods, kings, queens,
And animal shapes;
Shooting stars dart between you,
But your gaze never varies.

Next topic: Archimedes

Of Phidias' house,
possibly related to
king of Syracuse,
this is someone Euclid would
call superior in youth.

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