haiku 25 Oct 2018

Knowing whom to trust

And whom not to trust, of course,

Lessens confusion

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 21 Aug 2018

Temptations abound 
Within us and without too 
It helps to not cheat 

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] 

haiku 7 Aug 2018

​Sitting quietly 
Amid the loud, madding crowds 
Beats not practicing 

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 8 Mar 2018

Von Zeit vergraben
Umringt von Habgier und Not
Bleibt das Kern verschont

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

not the time

“This is not the time to talk about my driving ability,” the man said as he pushed and shoved at the crumpled door of his wrecked car, trying to free himself. The other vehicle, the one he had just hit, was totaled; its driver, apparently unharmed, was standing on the tarmac, berating him.

“Look, I get that you’re upset,” the man went on, finally managing to open the door and pull himself by his unbroken arm out of his smoking former ride, forcing his way under the deployed side-curtain airbags. “Perhaps, at some point in the future, we could discuss my skills behind the wheel. Now, however, it’s inappropriate.”

As sirens wailed in the distance, approaching rapidly, he went over to sit on the curb down the street from where the crash he’d caused had occurred. The other driver, still fuming with rage due to the fact that he’d seen the man drop his mobile phone then duck down to root around for it under the seat, changed subjects. “This is also not the appropriate time,” the man replied indignantly, when the other driver paused to take a breath, “to discuss whether or not I have car insurance.”

americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorpha