The quail pecking seeds --
hurrying each tiny bite;
their hungry eyes black
ウズラのつつく種 --それぞれの小さな一口は彼らの空腹の黒い目に反映されます
The quail pecking seeds --their tin sheet sobbing resoundsthrough the alleywayウズラのつつく種彼らのすすり泣く金属の叫びが路地に響き渡る
The quail pecking seeds --they push away the sparrowswhile probing the cracksウズラのつつく種彼らは深い亀裂を探りながらスズメをいじめます
Rinsing the white rice --
cold water stings my fingers --
I'm hungry right now
白米をすすぐ冷たい水が私の指を刺す今お腹が空いています
Rinsing the white rice --some brown grains go down the drain -- but the black ones stay白米をすすぐ茶色の穀物のいくつかは排水溝を下って行きます米の黒い粒ではありません
Rinsing the white rice --green scallions would be tasty --so would the Pope's nose白米をすすぐねぎはご飯によく合います教皇の鼻もそうだろう
I'm drowning in the gene pool of my ancestors -- gadzooks!/This is something they don't teach you in the science books/Sure, they mention traits from parents that we might assume/but not how it becomes the path to our own tragic doom/I've got my father's piggish eyes, and his blooming girth/my mother's nose and lack of any pleasant sort of mirth/my receding chin is just a gift from Uncle Jim/My last name's unpronounceable -- I use a pseudonym/My Viking forebears drank their mead until it turned to flab/and I am challenged with their own familial bar tab/The bags beneath my eyes are shared with cousins by the score/and now I am afflicted with the damn ancestral snore/I started out a comely youth, with wit and charm and looks/and now my visage is a troll's, along with warts -- gadzooks!
No one ever lost a vote/because we wore a winter coat/but when the temp is way too high/we start to scream "Let's dump this guy!"/If Biden can't control the heat/the next election, he'll be beat/But King Canute found to his cost/bossing nature's a cause lost!
A couple wore masks inside a Texas restaurant to protect their newborn son. The owner kicked them out.
(WaPo)
When in Texas please don't ask/anyone to wear a mask/or use one in a greasy spoon/It will make the owner swoon/Texans are as tough as nails/and soon will grow prehensile tails.
Pompeo repeats ‘zombie’ claim that Obama gave Iran $150 billion.
(WaPo)
The former Trump administration/is nothing but an aberration/Truth to them is what their boss/liked to call mere apple sauce/Pompeo is such a case/He lies with such a poker face/If I spread fibs like him I hope/my mouth is washed out with lye soap!
Counting the quarters --
still not enough for laundry;
my socks in the sink
洗濯をするためにコインを数えています --靴下を流しで洗う
A cool autumn night --ghostly headlights and damp leaves --beer can in the street涼しい秋の夜 --幽霊のような車のヘッドライトと湿った葉 --通りに空のビール缶
The wail of the traindrills through the night like banshees going to a grave山を通る夜行列車の叫び-
退却する悪魔
Vaccination mandates cause/Republicans to flout the laws/Not for them this base command/that quells freedom in our land/So they cough and soon collapse/with their comrades blowing taps.
Wall Street sell-off intensifies with Dow sinking nearly 900 points on China, other economic worries.
(WaPo)
Here we go again; the Dow/is more mixed up than fresh chow-chow/First it rises; then it dips/it crumbles like potato chips/If I a broker were to be/I'd study laws on bankruptcy.
Climate change lets mosquitoes flourish — and feast — in Los Angeles.
(WaPo)
Nothing is impervious to/mosquitoes but the carcajou/or wolverine with shaggy pelt/upon the hot and dusty veldt/In Hollywood mosquitoes dine/on ev'rything but turpentine/The blood of starlets is quite sweet/but agents taste like luncheon meat.
The green plant hopper
on my sunny patio
is greener than grass
日当たりの良いパティオの緑の虫は草よりも緑に輝いています
Sand in the spinachgrates between the teeth and tongue --my hasty cookingほうれん草の砂が歯と舌の間をすりおろす --私の料理は不注意すぎる
A baby sparrowstill begging mother for food --this late in summer!スズメの赤ちゃんはまだ母親に食べ物を頼んでいます --この冬は何をしますか？
Out across the landscape bleak/hear them holler, hear them squeak/Patients with such doctor bills/that they move to Hoovervilles/Covid kills in many ways/starving some in these grim days.
For years, the Netherlands has held the world title for having the tallest people on the planet. But new data from the office for national statistics suggests that the height of the average Dutch person is shrinking. And scientists are puzzled as to the reasons. (WaPo)
The Dutch no longer scale the heights/giving us a case of frights/They do not loom or tower o'er/like prehistoric dinosaur/They've lost those inches, say the blogs/cuz they stopped wearing wooden clogs.
Southern Baptist Convention now requires coronavirus vaccines for new missionaries.
(Wapo)
When the gospel you must spread/better live than almost dead/God will bless the missionary/still, things just might get too hairy/Microbes can't tell saint from sinner/They could make the Pope their dinner.
Peeling potatoes --
in the blood of scraped fingers
the spuds become washed
じゃがいもの皮むきスクラップされた指の血で洗礼を受けた
Peeling potatoes and chopping onions today --there's no hot waterじゃがいもを皮をむき、玉ねぎを刻む --今日はお湯がありません
Peeling potatoes --peeling onions and carrots --I'm out of bird seedじゃがいもの皮むき玉ねぎとにんじんの皮むき鳥の種はもうありません
Walking in the rain --
the asphalt turns puddles black
as my sandals squish
雨の中を歩く黒い水が私のサンダルをスキッシュにしますWalking in the rain --
the sad sound of gutter pipes
cheers me up greatly
雨の中を歩く空の排水路は今や陽気に聞こえます
Walking in the rain soggy green bushes huddle --a long winter soon雨の中を歩くねばねばした緑の茂みが集まって、「冬は長くなるだろう」とささやきます