Haiku Madness

real bad day for Dems,
dese and dose. All of Brooklyn
is on red alert.

“Is on red alert?”
Asked the Captain, the LT
replied “I think so.”

Replied “I think so,”
but the more I think of it,
I really doubt it.

“I really doubt it
I must say, but that’s all right”
So says Ed Grimley

So says Ed Grimley
with his cowlick up so high
“Neurotic nerds rule!”

“Neurotic nerds rule!”
Sure, in Silicon Valley,
But not wrestling rings

But not wrestling rings
still, I prefer onion rings
greasy but yummy

“Greasy but yummy!”
said the sated cannibal
re: the ex-tourist.

Re, the ex-tourist,
really had quite a short name
then there’s his wife, E.

Then there’s his wife, E
Who’s life is a mystery
Just like Mr. E

Just like Mr. E
A horse is a horse of course.
Whoops! Left off the “D”.

Whoops! Left off the “D”.
One way to say “defecate”
Is not “Take a ump”

Is not “Take a[n] ump”
quite an odd baseball raffle?
I’d take cash instead.

I’d take cash, instead
Of the big drum of cole slaw
Call me old fashioned

Call me old-fashioned
I have no Facebook account
I use a landline

I use a landline
but not a landmine - hell, no!
those are just no fun.

Those are just no fun…
But these high coos are a hoot!
Japanese verse! Sweet!

Japanese verse! Sweet!
we love our haiku, don’t we?
fifty-six pages!

fifty-six pages!
over two thousand haikus!
lots of syllables

Lots of syllables
should be five-seven-five each
sometimes we forget