Haiku Train

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Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:59 pm

or doesn't get seen
if and when and does get if
see and does get been




guess my favourite poet
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:38 pm

See and does get been?
And you had the nerve to knock
the first lines I left.
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:54 pm

the first lines i left
'90 - I love Naomi
and it still exists
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:36 pm

..and it still exists
on that tree by the river;
a living emblem.
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Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:45 pm

a living emblem
might just as well be stone dead
after it has died.
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:00 am

After IT has died,
pigeon fanciers will make
vast profits from post.
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:03 am

vast profits from post
massive losses from pillar
from pillar to post
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From pillar to post,
from here to eternity,
non-stop pinball game.
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non-stop pinball game
is no good for inventor -
just one coin needed
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Just one coin needed,
for city parking meter,
I cannot find one!
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:52 pm

I cannot find one!
Damn those two pound coins! Now I'll
get booked for standing.
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get booked for standing
on a policemans helmet
taken from his head
James
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:46 pm

Taken from his head,
his height was greater than his
height at the shoulder

Is that how they measure horses?
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:26 am

height at the shoulder
was greater than at the head -
- Marie Antoinette
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:58 am

Marie Antoinette -
The Queen with lots of cake, but
she could not eat it.....
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:09 am

she could not eat it -
each piece of fruit on her plate
was made up of wax
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:48 am

Was "Made up of Wax"
Madame Toussauds guide book or
Ruby's latest show?
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:01 am

Ruby's latest show -
sitting in a ring, trying
to out-glitter gold
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:41 pm

To out-glitter gold
Gary resorted to the
silver spandex pants.
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:46 pm

...For an ice cold beer,
would everyone enjoy,
"it must be served chilled"
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:27 pm

It must be served chilled
and start from the last line of
the last page on here.


Always go to the last page of the Haiku Train, Starlight
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The last page on here
received e-mails from Foley -
GOP morals.
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:51 pm

GOP morals
are questionable at least -
like any party
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:59 pm

like any party
without a glass of champagne
there is no bubble
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:04 pm

There is no bubble,
and I am not a number;
I am a free man


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