Small green tomatoes
So unripe and unready --
canned and forgotten
小さなグリーントマトとても熟しておらず、準備ができておらず、すでに忘れられています
Small green tomatoesstubbornly clinging on vine --vain hope of harvest小さなグリーントマト収穫が終わった後、頑固にブドウの木にしがみつく
Small green tomatoesrolling around like marbles shoved by black beetles小さなグリーントマト黒いカブトムシがビー玉を押す間、ビー玉のように転がります
What do sparrows feel?
Never-ending pinched hunger --
eating, not singing
スズメは何を感じますか？終わらない、歌わせない飢え
What do sparrows feel?Fear of shadows above them --tiny hopping feetスズメは何を恐れますか？彼らは飛び跳ねるときに彼らの上の影を恐れます
What do sparrows feel?Their fluttering bickeringreveals petty spiteスズメは何を感じますか？彼らは羽ばたき、ちらつき、ささいな嫌悪感を示しています
If you like to take a puff/you will find things mighty tough/as the Democrats inhale/your income like baleen whale/Taxes on Dame Nicotine/will make you switch to coffee bean.
The government helped Tesla conquer electric cars. Now it’s helping Detroit, and Elon Musk isn’t happy.
(WaPo)
You can't have it both ways when dealing with money/that comes from the pockets of Uncle Sam, sonny/He might give you millions but that doesn't mean/he won't stint your rivals, ya know what I mean?/So don't throw a tantrum, dear Elon, I beg/killing the goose laying that golden egg!
As the largest-ever U.S. climate bill inches forward, a lobbying frenzy ensues.
(WaPo)
When in Washington D.C./lobbyists you'll surely see/Frequent as the common flea/they'll invite you out to tea/if their minion you will be/you won't be a bourgeoisie.
So many peaches
in the mild golden sunlight --
piled rotting away
穏やかな日差しの中でたくさんの桃が黄色くなる --腐った山でSo much zucchini
tumbles out of the garden --
let's order pizza
たくさんのズッキーニが庭から来ています-ピザを注文しましょう
Fallen red apples --the old white horse snuffs them up.Wasps are blown aside.落ちた赤いリンゴは古い白い馬に食べられます-いくつかのハチも食べられます
Fly on the ceiling
you cannot be more dizzy
than I am right now
天井を飛ぶあなたは今私よりも目がくらむことはできません
Dogs sniffing each otherto find the ripest odors --neighbors gossiping犬がお互いを嗅ぎまわって、最も熟した匂いを見つける --隣人のうわさ話
Brown spots in a bush --sparrows hiding from a hawk --still as fallen fruit茂みの中の茶色の斑点 --ファルコンから隠れているスズメ --まだ落ちた果物として
Shaving my fat face;
there are no wrinkles, just warts
and tangled eyebrows
太った顔を剃ると、しわは見られず、いぼとふさふさした眉毛だけが見えます。
When to eat breakfast --before or after voiding?The test of old age.排便の前後に朝食をとるべきですか？老後の挑戦A woman's backsidewith that fresh velvet curving --biting a ripe peach新鮮な桃を噛むことは、若い女性の裏側を噛むようなものです
When your enemy prevails/Just suck it up and trim your sails/New Management in old Kabul/means we must try the Golden Rule/To maintain a quid pro quo/we're gonna hafta eat some crow.
Denmark lifts all coronavirus restrictions and celebrates ‘a whole new era’
(WaPo)
Grab your bags and new toboggan/It's time to go to Copenhagen/No more covid in their land/so they say -- and ain't that grand!/'Course, if they are premature/their graveyards you may have to tour!
Some federal employee groups embrace Biden’s vaccine mandate, others are lukewarm — and one is outright hostile
(WaPo)
If you work for Uncle Sam/you may have to up and scram/if the vaccine you don't choose/your soft job you just might lose/I am vaccinated, Joe/I'll replace some high-paid schmo!
The night slow and dull
The moon laughing in my face
The crickets stay mute
夜は遅くて鈍い月が笑ってるコオロギはミュートされています
The night background noise:the hair growing on my cheeksrailroad ties plottingこれらは夜の騒音です：頬の毛が生えている枕木のつぶやき
The sound of a truckcoughing down the nearby streeton old bald tires古いハゲのタイヤで近くの通りを足を引きずるトラックの音
The metallic tangof rain down the spout todaytastes like Brussels sprouts今日の注ぎ口を下る雨の金属の茎は芽キャベツのような味がします
The scent of outdoors
mysteriously pleasant
reminds me of you
アウトドアの香りが不思議なほど心地よく、あなたを思い出させてくれます
Stuck inside all daythe seasons play without me --the fridge needs cleaning私が一日中立ち往生しているとき、季節は私なしで流れます-
冷蔵庫は掃除が必要です
One leaf leaves the tree --is it autumn or a drought?Or time to leave home?一枚の葉が木に落ちる
それは秋なのか、それとも干ばつなのか？
それとも家を出る時間ですか？
The morning glory
is climbing up the drain pipe
to its destiny
アサガオが排水管を登っています
その運命に
The morning gloryfaces the sun with purplebefore closing tightアサガオは太陽に紫色を示し、その後しっかりと閉じます
Winding around the stem of a sunflower --morning glory gripひまわりの茎に巻くアサガオのグリップ