1408 - Variety

Crunchy cornichons!
Add taste and texture to food.
Spice of life, they say.
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1407 - Peer Review

An on-line study—
Scientific articles,
slice, dice and dissect.
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1406 - These are not the senryu you are looking for...

It's Star Wars Day!
May the Fourth be with you, Luke!
Now, on with you life.
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1405 - Down Side

The curve may have peaked!
Don't be overconfident—
It's, at best, half way.
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1404 - Treat time

A potato cake!
Used to be a haircut treat—
Where's the barber now?
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1403 - He's got a little list.

It's the weekend.
What can I do with myself?
Well, I have a list.
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1402 - Not mayday. May Day.

It's the first of May!
I feel I should celebrate
But not sure how.
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1401 - Time Passes

Another month gone.
What have I to show for it?
A few senryus.
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1400 - The Mundane

Fix the chook feeder.
Just one of the many tasks.
Enjoy the mundane.
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1399 - Mung Friends

Bean sprout omelette.
During the present lockdown:
A signature meal.
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1398 - Black & Brown

The morning coffee—
Starts the day off quite nicely:
Black with brown sugar.
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1397 - Amorphous

They merge together,
These days in isolation.
They all seem alike.
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1396 - Dead Wrong

Inject chemicals.
Doctors have a word for it—
It's called embalming.
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1395 - More Simple Pleasures

Pruning, gardening,
Cooking, writing and painting—
In a private world.
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1394 - Simple Pleasures

A home-made pastie
With lots of tomato sauce—
A simple dinner.
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1393 - ANZAC Tradition

A "Gunfire Breakfast"—
Coffee with a dash of rum.
Ratios vary.
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1392 - Lest We Forget

A driveway service—
Not the normal sort of thing
But the thought is there.
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1391 - Take the money and run...nowhere.

I still have a job
And the money goes in the bank—
That is good enough.
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1390 - Four Day Week

Holiday weekend!
They all are at the moment—
Friday is cancelled.
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1389 - Hen Pecked

Lost her tail feathers!
Couldn't do it by herself—
Bullying old chook.
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1388 - Control

The body is weak—
Meets accidents, illness, gaol.
The mind's ours alone.
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1387 - Menu Blues

What to cook tonight?
So many 'tastes' to cater—
A first world problem.
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Footnote: Made a potato curry.

1386 - The Virtual Boss

The weekly catch-up.
I see him more in lock-down
Than I ever did.
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1385 - The Lady and the Unicorn.

I've a square to paint!
Part of a bigger picture.
Everything is.
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130 of us have been given a square to paint and then they

will be assembled into a mural.

1384 - It is a worry

Dizzy spells again.
Not sure what is causing them—
It is a worry.
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1383 - Pick up the phone!

Working from my home.
Just email correspondence—
Misunderstandings.
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1382 - Blocked Corridor

Back to work today!
I hope the traffic improves.
Can't get any worse.
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1381 - Painting

A little painting—
Proof of a weekend well spent.
When isolated.
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1380 - A Cut Above.

A home done haircut!
My hairdresser did quite well—
I don't look homeless.
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1379 - A very real Phantom.

A free performance:
Phantom of the Opera
At Royal Albert Hall.
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1378 - Attitude

No-one can hurt you.
You must choose to be hurt.
Why would you do that?
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1377 - Generosity

Poached eggs for breakfast.
Cooked with vinegar and salt —
A gift from the chooks.
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1376 - The Front Verandah, perhaps?

I'm on holidays!
Not strictly voluntary.
Where shall I go to?

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1375 - Frittata

Ad-hoc frittata.
Throw in whatever you have.
Cannot repeat it.
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1374 - Flu

I was a good boy—
Had the annual flu shot.
Hope I don't need it.
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1373 - Aflutter

Midnight heart flutters.
I wish she wouldn't do that.
The spray calmed it down.
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