And no one noticed
When she slipped a villanelle
In the haiku thread
In the haiku thread
We must all be polite, and
Mind our syllables
Mind our syllables!
Sometimes, every now and then,
We might drop one.
We might drop one, but
Let’s shun that, no more of that.
That way madness lies.
That way madness lies,
This way lies despair, and that
Goes to the gift shop.
Goes to the gift shop
@Gyrate buys a syllable
Haiku now kosher
Haiku kosher now
Slaughtered by single cut at
The end of line two
The end of line two
Is perfect, but did you know
You scrambled line one?
You scrambled line one?
That was a dumb thing to do.
Get him on line two.
Get him on line two
Make sure he’s not left on hold
Busy signals suck
Busy signals suck
bane of modern offices
send up a flare, yo!
Send up a flare! Yo
Yo down! No wait. It’s back up.
Ok. Never mind.
Ok, never mind
The inexactness in in-
formal environs
Formal environs,
Like the gardens at Versailles,
Soothe the weary eye.
Sooth the weary eye
By watching a blue jay. Then
Sell some Mary Kay
Sell some Mary Kay
Or sell some Mary Jane? Which
One makes more money?
One makes more money
while another one makes less
Capitalism!
Capitalism!
Makes me lots of money— ching!
Where do I invest?
Where do invest
My substantially heaping
Fortune in bitcoin
Fortune in bitcoin?
Nickels, dimes, with teeth marks have
No value to me