Haiku Train

[Suzanne]

thicker than water
but it was not thick enough
Thursday's split pea soup.

[Raisin]

Thursday's split pea soup,
has clogged up the kitchen sink.
I'll fetch the plunger.

[PhilipCFJohnson]

I'll fetch the plunger
And you'll fetch the bleach to clean
The filthy bathroom

[juliadebeauvoir]

The filthy bathroom
stayed that way because the wife
was sick of cleaning.

[PhilipCFJohnson]

Was "sick of cleaning"
A good excuse to let the
Kids catch viruses?

[oranggunung]

Kids catch viruses,
head lice, veruccas, scabies -
you’ve got to love them!

[PhilipCFJohnson]

You've got to love them
And you've got to love them now.
Or you never will.

[Raisin]

Or you never will.
You'll watch them getting married,
from a far distance.

[Cooper]

from a far distance
you will watch them rip and tear
at their shoes and socks

[Danté]

at their shoes and socks
he smiled and watched the return
of an acquaintance.

[Raisin]

Of an acquaintance
not neccessarily good,
or at all wanted.

[oranggunung]

“… or a tall, wanted
fugitive?” “Can you repeat?
I missed some of that.”

[PhilipCFJohnson]

I missed some of that
I got sick of some of this
I never went home

[Cooper]

I never went home
'cos my mother's tone was off
she slapped at my face

[PhilipCFJohnson]

She slapped at my face
Creamed at the top of her lungs
Chased me out the door

[Suzanne]

chased me out the door
with a pendulum and broom;
the ghost in my dream.

[PhilipCFJohnson]

The ghost in my dream
Temporomandibular
My joint dysfunction

[oranggunung]

My joint dysfunction –
though I breathed out trippy smoke,
I did not inhale.

[Suzanne]

I did not inhale
I held my breath for two years
things did not work out.

[Raisin]

Things did not work out.
The next time I exhaled, I
knocked someone over.

[PhilipCFJohnson]

Knocked someone over.
Didn't catch the poor sod's name.
I didn't have to.

[Suzanne]

I didn't have to
but I wanted to touch it-
hold it in my hand.

[Cooper]

hold it in my hand
now carefully draw it up
mustard on my arm

[nar]

mustard on my arm;
inattention to detail
at the carnival.

[Raisin]

At the carnival,
red and gold lights, screaming, and
candyfloss of course.