Haiku Train

[Marc]

deeply hidden scars
snagging at her life's progress.
Twisting in the wind.

[Suzanne]

twisting in the wind
a man hangs on empty dreams
there's only one king.

[Marc]

There's only one king
but although I search these lands
I don't know his name.

[Suzanne]

" I don't know his name?"
Because he moves like the wind
rides an agile mare.

[Marc]

Rides an agile mare
holding tight over the jumps,
sailing in the air.

[Suzanne]

Sailing in the air
he soars over me with ease!
No one but My Kite.

[Marc]

No one but Mike Height
knew how to handle a gun
the way Frankie did.

[Suzanne]

the way Frankie did
with his pink, soap bubble grin
I was fooled again.

[Marc]

I was fooled again.
It seems his soap bubble grin
was in fact rabies!

[Suzanne]

was infact rabies
standing at a great distance
she watched as he drooled.

[Marc]

she watched as he drooled.
Not a pretty sight she thought.
Hydrophobia.

[Suzanne]

Hydrophobia,
that's very, very funny,
hydrophobia.

[Marc]

Hydrophobia.
The fear of taking a bath
for an old hobo.

[Suzanne]

for an old hobo
he was very quite dashing
with musician's hands.

[nar]

with musician's hands,
and memories of springtime --
new haiku are born.

[Suzanne]

new haiku are born
immobilized by blue eyes
you know I can't move.

[Danté]

you know I can't move
she's cuffed my hands and ankles.
Where's the riding crop?

[Suzanne]

Where's the riding crop?
Twinkle her eyes into his,
she cinched the saddle.

[nar]

she cinched the saddle,
with no regard for her own --
Rider on the Storm.

[Danté]

Rider on the Storm
opening doors and closing
the windows once more.

[nar]

The windows once more
reflect back a crystal ship --
when you're at the wheel.

[Suzanne]

when you're at the wheel
flying in that little car
I'll take off my shoes.

[nar]

I'll take off my shoes --
start our clumsy foreplay. Where
do you want to go?

[Marc]

do you want to go:
journey on the haiku train,
visit strange new words.

[Suzanne]

visit strange new words...
unwritten letters still packed,
she's waiting for lines.