Doombus Omnibus:
Euphoric Ataraxia and Other Silliness

Correspondence
haikubear at gmail dot com

Vitals
* Years: 22 + 8
* Homes: Leningrad, NY, SF, Gimhae
* Totem: Bear
* Quest: Learn / Serve / Relate
* Short-term Quest: 40 weeks
* Location: NYC

Cautionary Word
"The reality is more excellent than the report." --Emerson

Books
The History of St. Petersburg, Duet of Russian Historians

Ponderables
(a) 22 is the biggest number.
(b) Some things are actually sacred.

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5 months, 170 syllables

 -- Sept/Oct --

moji's spiderwebs			east-bound shinkansen
are less precarious than		a world of nightingale floors
our jobs in japan.			kyoto is afloat

 -- Oct/Nov --

were it not for you			hiking korea
our walls would still be empty,		we pass through hillside lessons
mosquito carcass			in human kindness

 -- Nov/Dec --

kindergarten work:			two nanowrimos
two hundred squealing children		both complete both incomplete
four baffled foreigners			while gimhae grows cold

 -- Dec/Jan --

new year's number one			too comfy, we'll quit
potoncho floods with vodka		a new job, volunteer or
monkeys groom. we freeze.		maybe not, who knows

 -- Jan/Feb --

new year's number two			new-york-sized crowds rush	
we learn to bow to elders		through eel-thin alleys filled with
eat delicious soup			more fish than humans

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