Haiku Train

[barrie]

So they told theirselves
that this was the Promised Land.
Thus God had spoken.

[twoleftfeet]

Thus God had spoken
but his flock heard not - they were
too busy singing

[barrie]

Too busy singing
to hear each other talking,
thoughts fell on deaf ears.

[twoleftfeet]

Thoughts fell on deaf ears,
but luckily a scribe named
Mike recorded them

[barrie]

Mike recorded them
and he saw that it was good
when he should have heard.

[Jester]

When he should have heard
the silent movie screaming
he smelled the wireless.

[barrie]

He smelled the wireless
burning for all its past sins.
Bloody Wogan Show!

[Jester]

Bloody Wogan Show!
Playing all those "oldies" that
don't seem so old now.

[barrie]

Don't seem so old now
I can't feel my legs, all the
aches and pains have gone.

[Jester]

Aches and pains have gone,
along with my marbles, to
the charity shop.

[barrie]

The charity shop,
dealing in the best and worst
of passing fashion.

[pseud]

of passing fashion
on the highway - oncoming
traffic should be missed

[barrie]

Traffic should be missed
when trying to cross the road,
it's all unyielding.

[Jester]

it's all unyielding
bleeding hearts in worn out cars.
Who turned the lights out?

[barrie]

"Who turned the lights out?"
Asked Blackpool's wise town council,
"We're all in the dark!"

[Jester]

We're all in the dark -
like mushrooms in a dingy
underground network

[barrie]

Underground network,
a murky mycelium,
many magic spells.

[Jester]

Many magic spells
make light work - problem solved in
four haiku entries.

[barrie]

Four haiku entries
make sixty-eight syllables,
a puff of train smoke.

[Jester]

A puff of train smoke
to get your lungs accustomed?
Get up off the floor!

[barrie]

"Get up off the floor!"
said big George Foreman's trainer,
"Muhammed's gone now."

[juliadebeauvoir]

Muhammed's gone now,
making Mounts out of mole hills,
worry 'bout nothing.

[barrie]

"Worry 'bout nothing."
said the happy pessimist,
the optimist heard.

[juliadebeauvoir]

The optomist heard,
that he was such a "yes-man."
In office gossips!

[barrie]

In office gossips
a lot of bullshit is spread
over the carpet.