HAIKU
THE RESTAURANT
OLD PA DUTCH RHYME
MATURATION
RAIN
SURE SIGNS OF SPRING
I WALK ALONG
| GRAFFITI HAIKU Can you believe it On the college bathroom wall Someone misspelled "fuck"? |
SALAD HAIKU Sprouts: arthritic sperm Wiggle reproductively Atop my salad |
We entered the restaurant
It was open
It said so on the sign on the door
We ate
We tried to leave but were not allowed
The outside was closed
The sign o the door said so.
When God gave out noses I thought he said roses,
And I said, "Give me a big red one!"
When we are children
We often ask God to let us die
We’d rather that than commit
Some terrible childhood crime
Like being embarrassed
Later, as we grow older
We pray to the same God
To let us live
Then we’re not ready to die
So --who ever is?
The morning fog turned into an afternoon shower
Black or brightly colored umbrellas spring up like mushrooms
I saw them from the library window at midday
All the people tramping back and forth through puddles
All of them searching for knowledge
But at a university?
We all have a problem sometimes with our senses of direction
I look out the window
It seems to be still raining
Or is it just the spiderweb rippling in the breeze
I’m glad the web is there
I don’t have windowscreens
The rain has stopped
Now only the dripping from the trees
stirs the puddle below my window
and marks time on a discarded hubcap
(Sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things")
Cellulite-thighed women are playing frisbee
Outdoor rehearsals of Pyramus and Thisbe
Drunken frat members join in to sing…
These are a few of the sure signs of spring.
I walk along a sandy beach
With both my feet I leave my prints
The waves sift sand and shift the hints
Of both my steps and of my reach.
How far I’ve come, I have no thought.
I’ve always walked along in sand
Let countless grains slip from my hand
Without a goal, no thing I sought
I never meet another thing
No creatures pass, nor do I look
I see my fate, this written book
Is without end, or song to sing.
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