Haiku Train

Travis · Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:34 am

Smoke on the water,
black and full of violence.
Death and man, once more.

Lake · Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:49 pm

Death and man, once more
Sunrise and sundown. Time shows
an indifference.

barrie · Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:14 pm

an indifference
plus just one outdifference
makes no difference

Travis · Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:11 pm

Makes no difference
how many you add to the
mix. Sometimes it's slow.

juliadebeauvoir · Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:06 pm

Mix. Sometimes its slow.
Hard to get the small lumps out.
Beat consistently.

barrie · Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:20 pm

Beat consistently:
a mendicant flagellant
reads his instructions.

juliadebeauvoir · Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:26 am

Reads his instructions,
spills coffee on them...Oh damn!
Gives up and takes nap.

Lake · Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:30 am

"gives up and takes nap"
is all he does - rotten wood
unengravable

barrie · Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:22 am

Unengravable?
I'll dig a deep enough hole
and then he won't be.

juliadebeauvoir · Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:20 pm

And then he won't be.
Just kaput when he expires.
Existential theme.

Lake · Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:16 pm

Existential theme
and nihility – I can
never figure out.

juliadebeauvoir · Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:55 am

Never figure out
all the brand new fangled math.
I'm just old fashioned.

barrie · Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:14 pm

"I'm just old fashioned,"
said the old undertaker,
"a shroud is a shroud."

Elphin · Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:45 pm

A shroud is a shroud
unless named for Turin, then
it is an icon

barrie · Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:39 am

It is an icon -
I would take away the 'i' -
it is just a con.

Lake · Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:24 pm

It is just a con
and that's just a tube without
its big icon You

juliadebeauvoir · Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:35 am

Its big icon--You.
You probably think this hai
ku is about you!

(I know...I know. I cheated.

)

Lake · Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:38 pm

Ku is about you
Hai is about me. No doubt.
You and me – haiku!

Travis · Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:23 pm

You and me haiku
ok? Five slow, seven hard,
five soft. Now spread 'em.

Lake · Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:43 pm

five soft. Now spread 'em
seven hard, stretch 'em further
great, you smarty-pants

Travis · Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:59 pm

Great, you smarty-pants!
You came all over my good
shirt! Haiku? Fuck you!

Lake · Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:31 am

I'm off the train.

barrie · Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:18 am

time for a short stop:
let passengers stretch their legs...
...time to move again.

kozmikdave · Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:07 pm

Time to move again.
Exercising on flights stops
deep vein thrombosis.

juliadebeauvoir · Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:09 pm

Deep vein thrombosis
and a set of rotten teeth
made Carla depressed.

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