Haiku Madness

or so Kramer siad
Two words that made us all laugh.
The Contest: “I’m Out.”

The Contest: “I’m Out.”
George sparked this line because Mom
Caught him with Glamour.

Caught him with Glamour
Caught her with Boy’s Life, then caught
Cat with Dog Fancy

Cat with dog fancy
cat with baboon really weird
cat with me? happy

cat with me? Happy.
Bashful, Doc , Dopey, Grumpy,
Sleepy, Sneezy cat.

Sleepy, sneezy cat
keeps waking me up tonight
and won’t wipe her nose.

And won’t wipe her nose,
Nor eat the food I supply.
A finicky slob.

A finicky slob
sounds like an oxymoron
like the Living Dead

like the Living Dead,
The Walking Dead, The Grateful
Dead. Any others?

Dead. Any others?
Well, yeah…Coma, Unconscious,
Drunk, Buzzed and Awake.

Drunk, buzzed and awake:
I am only the third thing.
Tonight? Maybe more.

Tonight, maybe more
Haiku flows from my brain, and
beer through my liver

Beer through my liver
is just where it should go, for
you rent, don’t own, it.

You rent, don’t own. It
makes your eventual flight
from the law simpler.

from the law simpler
you just made every living
lawyer’s head explode.

Lawyer’s head explode[s]
David Cronenberg smiles
so much for showbiz

So much for showbiz
A Fat Guy in a Tight Shirt
Passed up by networks

Passed up by the networks?
Put it on your own station.
Gotta love cable.

nm

“Gotta love cable,”
the mountain climber gasped out,
dangling from K2.