Embankment
Category: tanka
Aug 3 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
when we try to stand
seems like some rich pukes want to
make us kneel and beg
for the honor of paying
them for the trash they're selling
I lift myself up
Defrag my brain with haiku
Stand what comes my way
they say in person
he has his charm, but only
if you stand up wind
For years Red believed
Wandered on the wilderness
A seekers mission
The goal he was sold
The elusive spondulix
Prosperity gold
Then Red realized
All that glitters ain't gold, so
Red leaves pilgramage
a long spelling trek
spell pilgrimage correctly
stumbles on the way
Abundance above
Dammed by greed to overflow
Trickle dance below
Recreating a 1970's Saturday night
Having pizza and Heineken
Left me as foggy this morning
As the wildfire smoke outside
Smells like 1980's Los Angeles air
If it wasn't for misperception
I'd have no perception at all
July 31 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
Guaranteed
Given the choice
Shopping lane
Highway lane
I'll choose the wrong one
When I move over
That one will stop
The other we I'll go
So now I stay put
And be the lane
J.J. leaned over
"Bonds just bind you to sorrow."
Then drained his Guinness
Up before sunrise
Much to complete before I
Slip into darkness
Tinnitus kicks in
Then the hum turns into words
A cosmic message
Bicameral mind chatter
Or psychotic word jumble
Our knowledge of space is pure speculation.
On the fringe stands The Eavesdrop Inn.
Best burger for light years.
Their motto is:
To Serve Man
#24words
Becomes #28words
Our knowledge of space is pure speculation.
On the fringe stands The Eavesdrop Inn.
Best burger for light years.
Ingredients unknown
But their motto is:
To Serve Man
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See
Two words
Came to mind
On line three
The one I chose
Was the wrong one
Niche
nouveau riche caste search
never achieves the rich niche
gaude sublimate
with garish accoutrements
gauche ticky tacky gild trash
July 22 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
Leave a thankless job
Transit to a joyless home
Train ride refugee
a promise to train
transforms into a lifetime
of soul crushing debt
slap dash calabash
with a lick and a promise
took the task to hand
very fast and none to clean
slippery split with a twist
it's a better choice
a melon scented candle
than alternative
aromas on the market
of the pheromonal kind
July 20 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
No mistranslations
No cultural biases
Pure #spiritual sea
yesterday's brain squall
caused my haiku to wash up
on the wrong hashtag
snow drift of old news
blows under my cabin door
needs a tighter seal
today is just one
more example of humans
humaning because
we are great big bundles of
our cognitive dissonance
catching fish the goal
fishing's purpose has a more
existential vibe
July 18 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
passions purple pulse
wraps me in wisteria's
woody twining vines
Now there is my view
Then of course there is your view
When will the twain meet
Biscuit Hammer went
down deep into the salt mine
with no cool off time ⚒️
Phrazez that Payzez
Livin' la Vida Asymptomatic 🕺🏻
When AI eyes are smiling
Your job is on the line
Eggshells
Spending time around
A person you feel the need
To walk on eggshells
Whenever they're near is like
Walking on gilded splinter
Fragile treading way
To walk on pins and needles
Not making a sound
Puts a deep hurt on the sole
Would rather walk on sunshine
July 17 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
off in the distance
what seemed to be the glimmer
of fireworks was
instead the unleashed fury
of hunter killer wrath drones
stopping for green lights
built for comfort not for speed
with nineteen eighties
ultra cool blue on the side
extra mellow fellow plate
willing to assist
teetering on tenterhooks
with those delicate
behind the back hooks and eyes
to receive my special treat
July 16 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
Future blends with past
Appreciate the blurring
Moment by moment
grounded our vessel
on a shopping mall reef of
excess consumption
price of admission
cost to survive belies the
myth of innocence
morning stare greeting
when I awoke you were there
turned into a glare
starts with tobacco
then weed, banana, eggplant
up in smoke blank stare
Quit when I told self
No need to inhale smoke
From ignited leaves
well placed tourniquet
may staunch national bleeding
but an infusion
of decency will refill
depleted levels of pride
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