1289 - Labor Day Weekend

It's a long weekend—
A long list of things to do.
Dinner with a friend.
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1288 - Rain

I started the year with the goal of writing a senryu each day 

about something that caught my fancy.
I never promised to post it every day, 

so they come in flurries.

Gentle steady rain
No floods, no leaks, no problems,
The tanks are full.

Gentle steady rain
The drivers have forgotten—
Traffic moves slowly.


Gentle steady rain
It's soaking into the ground,
The garden says "thanks".
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1287 - Toilet roll panic

Corona virus—
Everyone goes feral...
Should that be faecal?
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1286 - Or off?

A Penny Farthing!
Certainly a skillful thing—
How do they get on?
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Yes, saw someone riding a penny farthing bicycle.

1285 - A Reasoned Response.

Confabulation.
Justifying your actions—
After the event.
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1284 - Once more...

Another Monday!
The same thing happened last week-
Is there a pattern?
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1284 - Just like Beijing...

Chinese Restaurant.
The only westerners there.
Cheap form of travel.
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1283 - Dark matter collides with grey matter.

Astronomy talk—
It is all so amazing...
But makes my head hurt.
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1282 - Booked

I have lots of books.
Just built two new bookcases.
So can buy more books.
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1281 - Point of Order...

Corporate meetings-
Where you stop doing your work...
To be given more.

Self-important folk
Haggling over minor points-
Boring as all..um...

So why am I here?
Another meeting next month.
Perhaps ring in sick...
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1280 - Lab Tests

Annual blood test.
Apparently I'm normal—
Whatever that means.
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1279 - Open Wider

Dental appointment.
Mouth full of hands and scrap iron.
No conversation.
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1278 - Hello? Operator?

A new phone system!
No-one knows how to use it—
What could be better?
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1277 - Heel and Toe.

A country bush dance.
Not a bone in my body
Wants to be out there.
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1276 - Over Seasoned

Setting the log fire.
It seems to be quite strange—
It is still summer.
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1275 - Memories

My dad's bread.
The power of taste and smell—
Brings back memories.
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1274 - Bread shop

The local bread shop.
Young girl behind the counter—
Red hair and freckles.
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1273 - Immature

Our CEO mocks.
Is he socially inept?
Or just ignorant?
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1272 - Why do fasts go slowly?

The fasting blood test:
No breakfast and no coffee!
I guess it's worth it.
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1271 - Waiting

Doctor's surgeries.
Places of concern and hope.
Anxious expressions.
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1270 - Rain

True, we needed rain.
More than average is good—
But why all at once?
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1269 - Training

Training competency—
Wind them up and set them free!
Duracell bunnies.
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1268 - No Agenda?

Impromptu meeting—
No idea what to expect.
So, what could go wrong?
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1267 - Zig Zag

Zig-zagging drivers,
In and out of traffic.
Must win at all costs.
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1266 - Cut Grass

The smell of cut grass.
It makes me think of one thing—
A post-cutting beer.
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1265 - Meat Puppets

We are meat puppets
Others will pull at your strings:
Dance to your own tune.
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1264 - Pigeons

Why are there pigeons?
A reasonable question:
Scatterbrained critturs.
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1263 - Coffee

The second coffee.
It's no match for the first
But you taste it more.
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1262 - Drizzle

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A day of drizzle
A damp blanket on the plants.
The grass goes berserk.
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1261 - What? No smoking jacket?

An old tradition— **
Stilton, port and some walnuts.
Cliched but yummy.
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** Is there any other kind?

1260 - Rain, damn you!

Thunder and lightning.
Not much rain to show for it.
All bark and no bite.
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1259 - Things that platter

A mixed cheese platter,
There’s some wine to go with it.
Life is pretty good.
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1258 - Hide & Seek

Looking for my Self.
Have not managed to find it.
Perhaps it’s not there.
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1257 - Valentine

St Valentines Day!

A higher significance—

It’s the half year mark.

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(Coincidentally, it's our half-anniversary.)

1256 - Things that go pop!

Balloons have their place—
Parties, fairs and sausage dogs,
Not aneurisms.
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1255 - Improved with age.

Eating leftovers.
There is something about them—
They taste really good.
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