same as it ever was

i look back through my life 

which is all i seem to do in my old age 

and i relive these memories 

that unfold like chapters or episodes 

lacking a happily ever after

and i think to myself 

if only i knew then what i know now 

but if that were true 

shouldn't i be a lot happier right now? 

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!'.