Visiting Las Vegas
-a series of haiku to record my visit from July 5 to July 11, 2015
our cheerful claps
with a few raindrops upon landing
echo Welcome to Las Vegas
hot, hot –
sightseeing
not noticing myself becoming a scene
of thousands of fresh roses
pondering if it’s real
on the desert land
posing
before spinning floral horses
I too dazzled and dizzy
all fame remains framed…
Elvis, we pause
to snapshot 
this silence
blazing land
vast buildings and artificial arts
why I worry about the rich’s greens?
little to feed you-
tiger slots, eye to eye
we owe each other
no pain, no gain
sighs falling in lucky-penny fountain
I toss away enticing dices
stretching my arms
to reach mushrooms in the sky…
another angle of this fancy life
breezes blow
fish in expansive air
they too dream paradise
In this heavenly city
from a distance
we worry China’s market plunge
