Haiku Train

[Raisin]

rage of flowing tides,
of scaly skin and pointed
teeth. Poor crocodile.

[oranggunung]

Teeth, poor crocodile,
they should be seen and not heard.
You must stop whistling.

[barrie]

"You must stop whistling!"
said the pan to the kettle.
"Learn the bloody words!"

[Raisin]

"Learn the bloody words!"
So the kettle said, "only,
if you don't burn me."

[Suzanne]

"If you don't burn me,"
said moth to the yellow flame,
"I will fly closer."

[Raisin]

"I will fly closer".
The flame grew bright, did not burn.
It tempted instead...

[oranggunung]

It tempted; instead
of gentle invitation,
I heard louche lechery.

[Raisin]

I heard louche lechery,
as tongues of fire lapped at wings,
the moth spiralled, scorched.

[Suzanne]

the moth spiraled, scorched
and blinded by an old lie;
it fell to the ground.

[barrie]

It fell to the ground
and blamed it on gravity.
There has to be blame.

[Lake]

There has to be blame,
so the girl points to the boy,
adding fuel to flame.

[oranggunung]

Adding fuel to flame;
lighting the blue touchpaper
of economies.

[Raisin]

Of economies.
They crumble like the paper
that holds no value.

[Suzanne]

"That holds no value,"
the clerk said to the shy boy;
"marbles aren't money."

[oranggunung]

Marbles aren’t money,
but pearls may buy a flutter
of a woman’s heart.

[Lake]

of a woman’s heart
no one really understands -
not even herself.

[Suzanne]

not even herself,
she balanced carefully in
anticipation.

[Danté]

anticipation
that heightened her awareness
making her face blush.

[Suzanne]

making her face blush,
he watched as she fidgeted;
his mouth watering.

[Danté]

his mouth watering
he continued to ponder,
waiting for a sign.

[Raisin]

Waiting for a sign.
He's still waiting, driving down
the M25.

[oranggunung]

The M25 -
strange to view from the heavens
this highway to hell.

[Lake]

This highway to hell,
collapsed without sheer notice.
Rebuilt to heaven.

[Raisin]

Rebuilt to Heaven,
so scoundrels deserving Hell,
cooled their feet in clouds.

[Suzanne]

cooled their feet in clouds,
before setting up their tents
and resting the night.