Once

It takes no time
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.

 

Johnny wanted
To run away as
Fast he could
All in peace,

 

Without reserve,
To live by rules
Mitigated only
By innovation,

 

For as long as
He could figure,
On being alive
To then believe,

 

It takes no time,
To go nowhere,
It takes forever
To go everywhere.

 ~Victor Imari (10/27/05)

Yogi Bera's Advice

The brightest star
Among millions,
Doesn't illuminate
The other stars.

 

 ~ The Shah of Athabasca

 

I've chosen Yogi Bera's advice,
I've done so more than once.

 

Like confessions on confetti,
I've felt most of my travels.

 

Where I didn't want to stay,
I moved on to places I knew:

 

If I could do it all again,
I'd do it in reverse by now.

 

 - Victor Imari (10/7/5)