invasion of the money snatchers 

(haiku)

like a sci-fi film

sometimes we're allowed to see

thru their human guise

these reptilian,

cold blooded money snatchers

robbing the world blind

for prosperity!

they always insist and hiss,

it's for our own good

like we're one of them
but they are out for their own
and we are the prey

only on tv 

(haiku)

i don't see fortunes

being pursued everyday

except on tv

i don't see drama

unfolding at every turn

except on tv

i don't see happy
beaming for every purchase
except on tv

i don't see greatness

being delivered as hoped

except on tv

simple haiku

if we fight our way

to the top of the mountain

we deserve some praise

but if we're lifted

to the top of the mountain

we are just tourists

*

i see it quite clear

the world is a carnival

filled with attractions

there's the killing rides

and of course the holy rides

both are exciting

both time consuming

the carnival's great purpose

to waste time away

Keeping My Mind 

(haiku)

I don't watch debates.

I watch rented films instead.

It's the healthy choice.

I don't talk to fools.

Life's too short to waste on fools.

I smile and move on.

I glance at headlines.
They rarely contain the truth.
They are meant to grab

what belongs to me,
my emotion and my mind.
They deserve neither.

Nothing's New Under the Sun

If you think you're an individual

saying something new and original
you probably have not heard it yet

in a sitcom, song or commercial.

The Never Ending Protest  

(haiku)

Protest all you want.

It's the American way.

It changes little.

Aftermath's the same.

Streets littered with broken glass

that cuts their own feet.

All it ever does
is increase the police force
they protest against.

*

In a white tower
they chuckle among themselves
and say, 'not again!'.

All That Matters 

(haiku)

Though out my whole life

I thought all these things mattered

when they never did.

My need to be right.

My quest for love and money.

Change above all else.

Now in my old age

I can without a doubt see

none of that matters.

*

Final consensus.
All that we think important
rarely ever is.

Photo Album

It's all soon forgotten.

Whole chapters amount to nothing.

A selfie here, a selfie there,

A still life collection 

that's suppose to mean something.

Dead eyes stare back 

from glossy paper, screen or coffin. 

Frozen in time these glimpses,

Added together resemble

A dream we thought we were living.

Retirement

 (haiku)

I wake up happy.

I turn on television

and despair sets in.

I turn off the set

and turn on my computer.

New despair begins.

I go to the store
and then to the library.
I wander a lot.

I have resources.
I could go around the world
but I never will.

I go to sleep tired.

I dream of days of glory.

I wake up happy.  

So Much Anger 

(haiku)

I just don't get it.

Anger has no place in me

for things I can't change.

I walk to the store.

People will usually smile

as I walk on by.

People look happy.

They might live in a bubble

but they look happy.

I turn on TV

and then all of a sudden 

I see the anger.

Great Delusion 

(haiku)

They should put warnings

on every damn commercial.

Hazardous to Health.

*

Politicians too
should come with warning labels.
Hazardous to Brains.

*

Our cup overflows

and the result is a mess

we'll never clean up.

How It Happens

You spend a few decades dumbing the masses down 

with commercialism, hi-tech, special effects and wishful thinking 

and we the people, the government, will choose representation 

that best reflects our ignorance.

Stupid By Choice

(haiku)

Stupid is like snow

balls rolling down steep inclines

gaining momentum.

My only real hope.

Stupid doesn't become crazy

as it gathers speed.

But that's stupid too

because stupid is crazy

when it need not be.

Real Politics 

(haiku)

The biggest error

is assuming The People

are intelligent.

*

Say something stupid

and you'll gain a multitude

almost overnight

but say something smart

and people will think you are

utterly crazy.

Haiku

I hear syllables.

Words broken down in segments

that fit my world view.

Three and four are best.

Five or more present problems.

One and two are free.

If it can't be said

in seventeen syllables

it's not worth saying.