Haiku Train

[nar]

endure together
missyllabisation --
you know it's so worth it.

[Suzanne]

you know, it is so worth it
that wahoo! and wiggle exclaimed,
you shy, tender boy.

[Marc]

Yo! Shy, tenda boy!
You so wet rain runs away!
Poet in da 'hood!

[Suzanne]

Poet in da hood
called himself a witty monk
writing her love poems.

[Suzanne]

writing her love poems
was never on his mind
she was pressed as coal.

[nar]

she was pressed as coal
yet far from a girl's best friend
of claw-set carbon

[Marc]

With claw set carbon
her romantic fire was fuelled;
Bells and cake and lace...

[nar]

Bells and cake and lace,
confetti in the gutter --
memento vivere.

[Marc]

memento vivere;
the children's heights growing up
marked on kitchen door.

[Marc]

Marked on kitchen door:
last night's scarlet bolognaise
hurled across the room.

[Suzanne]

hurdled across rooms
busting through doors to reach it
there's so little time.

[nar]

there's so little time
on a tiny little clock --
micronometer

[Borska]

micronometer
can you measure my thought life
the edges of each

[Marc]

The edges of each
small wound are sore in bright light,
so I hide them here.

[Suzanne]

So I hide them here
all the words and lists of names
mysterious mail.

[anniecat]

mysterious mail
flashing up on my p c
a virus mabe

[anniecat]

a virus mabe
i shall disembroil myself
and just delete it

[nar]

and just delete it,
no one wants to be cheated --
by the 'Bad' medic.

[oranggunung]

The bad medic
decim-ated patient faith
and bled their trust dry.

[oranggunung]

‘ands bled their trust. Dry
mouths choked on over-baked faith.
Eyes wept sincere tears.


It looks like I halted the train with that last one, so please forgive the liberty taken with this one. I hope the train can move more freely now.

[Marc]

Eyes wept sincere tears
as he watched the broken train
moving free again.

[oranggunung]

Moving. Free again.
The tar-stained mammoth set off
in search of feathers.

[Marc]

In search of feathers,
ambitious lizards looking
to scale the blue sky.

[anniecat]

To scale the blue sky
in search of some distant dreams
for my inner self

[oranggunung]

For my inner self
I unchained inhibitions
I let myself go