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Archive for 'Daily Haiku'

fizz

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The glass bubbles in
anticipation. Lips to
devour the drops.

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kindness

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Look back, and see all
who treated you with kindness
when you weren’t looking.

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courtesy of the love bandit

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

A mysterious
note appears: “Meet me in the
bedroom, without pants.”

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the unhappiest place on earth

Monday, September 14th, 2009

What Walmart offers
(besides low prices): show of
human misery.

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impromptu sing-along

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

We don’t start and end
each others’ sentences. We
belt out made-up tunes.

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art in review

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

How can so many
artists spend so much time and
yet produce such crap?

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inconsolable souls

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Did we really just
leave 9/11 victims
without true justice?

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hip to be unemployed

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Meet you at the bar
for networking after some
time at coffee shop.

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09-09-09

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Dogs for dogging, hands
for clapping
. Birds for birding,
and fish for fishing.

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at the drive-in

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

I declared my love
over shakes and a burger,
hold the mushiness.

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working world

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Overproductive,
underpaid, stressed out, under
deadline, over it.

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the naming of a decade

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

The aughts? The naughts? The
zeros? The oh-ohs? Decade
ends in just four months.

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football season: yell, then yell some more

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

The raging crowd roars
its lusty approval as
the team marches in.

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football season: sideline hazard

Friday, September 4th, 2009

When approached by the
mascot, make no eye contact
and don’t shake its hand.

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football season: hey ref

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Do you know why you
suck? I shall tell you why. You
suck because you suck.

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