Haiku: 9 About The Zoo
Riding on a bus
The driver smells like matches
Now we reach the zoo
Tiger looks depressed
I should throw him some prozac
Tiger heaves a sigh
Birds, birds everywhere
Flapping, crapping everywhere
A cacophony
One bird at a pond
A beak envelopes water
Water pierces beak
That costs five dollars?
Five dollars for a hot dog?
How much is the bun?
Gorilla reclines
Gorilla notices me
He would like the bun
The monkeys are cute
I will release a monkey
It will be my friend
Get the monkey off
Get the monkey off now, please
It is off now. Thanks
Hi, security
I find myself locked away
Much like a monkey
The driver smells like matches
Now we reach the zoo
Tiger looks depressed
I should throw him some prozac
Tiger heaves a sigh
Birds, birds everywhere
Flapping, crapping everywhere
A cacophony
One bird at a pond
A beak envelopes water
Water pierces beak
That costs five dollars?
Five dollars for a hot dog?
How much is the bun?
Gorilla reclines
Gorilla notices me
He would like the bun
The monkeys are cute
I will release a monkey
It will be my friend
Get the monkey off
Get the monkey off now, please
It is off now. Thanks
Hi, security
I find myself locked away
Much like a monkey
posted by Samwick @ 4:34 PM
5 Comments:
At 9:19 AM,
Impulsivecompulsive said…
I like Haikus. I like zoos. Thus, I like Haikus about zoos.
At 4:06 PM,
Damien said…
Dude seriously I have'nt done a Haiku in years, I'm talking decades here!
At 11:58 PM,
Sheryl said…
Unlike impulsivecompulsive, I hate haikus. But as haikus go, this one is amusing (in a melancholy, brutal sort of way.)
At 12:36 PM,
Snave said…
I like Haikus, I hate zoos. Thus, I am ALMOST the diametric opposite of Impulsivecompulsive in this instance. However, I don't hate zoos about Haikus... and I do like Haikus about zoos (especially this one by Matt)... so maybe we're just semi-diametric opposites.
What would be the ramifications of being semi-diametric?
Finally, Matt: if you are locked away much like a monkey, I hope you are not throwing feces as many of them tend to do! Such activity might not aid in your early release, anyway! Heh!
At 12:48 AM,
Sheryl said…
Snave, do they have zoos for haikus? I can see it now:
Billy: "Mommy, Mommy, look at that haiku!!! I don't think it likes being in a that cage. Looks like it's trying to get out."
Mommy: "Billy, haikus have to be under certain constraints. If it were free to roam wild, then there might be more syllables in each line, and then it would no longer be a haiku. We would lose a valuable and unique for of writing."
Billy: "But Mommy. Shouldn't it be free? Daddy's always saying that being free is good. Is it fair to restrain these poor haikus to a certain structure that is not natural to a thinking creature."
Mommy: "Billy, I see your point, but lots of things in life are not fair. Now eat your peanuts and shut up."
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