Haiku Train

[barrie]

He must drink guiness
if he wants a black and tan.
I'll stick to bitter.

[twoleftfeet]

I'll stick to bitter,
Crying in my Mackeson
and slice of lemon

[barrie]

And a slice of lemon
for that sour-faced cow over
there in the corner.

[Jester]

There, in the corner,
two walls and a floor having
a rightangled meet.

[barrie]

a right-angled meet
was really set by a square.
By Pythagoras!

[twoleftfeet]

By Pythagoras?!
He was much inspired by
the high pot he used

[barrie]

The high pot he used
made watering difficult.
He grew under lights.

[twoleftfeet]

He grew under lights,
wasn't put off by a crowd -
The perfect porn star

[barrie]

The perfect porn star
tried to make it with Venus,
but Mars struck him down.

[Jester]

but Mars struck him down
and Cadbury poisoned him -
death by chocolate

[barrie]

Death by chocolate -
Salmonella seems to be
the favourite bet.

[Jester]

The favourite bet
is one's life savings on the
bookies to profit

[twoleftfeet]

Bookies to profit?
Their turf accounts grow fat on
the backs of punters

[barrie]

The backs of punters
appear to be lacking shirts.
I see clothes-horses.

[Jester]

I see clothes-horses
hoisted high - steamy ceiling
as the colours dry

[barrie]

As the colours dry
so does the damp interest;
exhibition closed.

[Jester]

Exhibition closed.
But the pubs are still open -
time for a swift one.









exhibition closed.

[barrie]

"Time for a swift one."
said the photon to the quark,
"Are you up or down?"

[Jester]

"Are you up or down,
or round and round in circles
so universal?"

[barrie]

"So universal
is this infinity thing."
said Eternity

[Jester]

said Eternity,
"No sense of time or use of
bits of string out there."

[barrie]

bits of string out here
are as long as theories.
Does the dark matter?

[Jester]

Does the dark matter
when the banana splits and
it doesn't swallow?

[barrie]

It doesn't swallow
to make even one summer.
Did I get that wrong?

[twoleftfeet]

Did I get that wrong?
Yes - the Swallows were ransomed
in the Amazon