Haiku Madness

Philadelphia?
Inspired a damn good song
Here’s to you, Elton!

Here’s to you, Elton!
Or should I say, Reginald?
Bang that piano!

Philadelphia?
Not W.C. Fields’s
favorite city!

D’oh!

“Bang that piano!”
I said to Billy Joel
he just grinned at me

He just grinned at me
Then it hit me why–I was
in Madame Tussaud’s

In Madame Tussaud’s
may be found lots of waxy
stars and VIPs.

stars and VIPs;
Which one can’t be found in a
Box of Lucky Charms?

Box of Lucky Charms?
Once it contained yellow moons.
Now half-moons of blue.

Now half-moons of blue
trail mauve stars and pink comets.
Am I on LSD?

Am I on LSD?
I slid off Lake Shore Drive
And crashed in the lake

And crashed in the lake
I did. I drank too much, thought
the water looked nice.

the water looked nice,
Clear, cold; all it needs now is
Ice cubes and whisky

Ice cubes and whiskey
“And rye” added Don McLean
“Blow, too” said Charlie.

“Blow, too,” said Charlie,
when asked if he would fart on
his birthday candles.

His birthday candles
were too many to blow out
so he took a drink.

So he took a drink
from the bubbling, green test tube,
Cackling, “BwaHaHaa!”

Cackling, “BwaHaHaa!”,
The mad scientist imbibed.
He then sprouted wings.

He then sprouted wings
and tried to fly to heaven
but hell’s in the sky.

But hell’s in the sky
because heat rises, of course
everyone knows that!

everyone knows that!
How does everyone know that?
We just google it!

We just google it!
Hit those keys, type data, but
what are we googling?