Haiku Madness

to remove chain mail
Just stop forwarding the stuff.
And you’ll have bad luck.

And you’ll have bad luck
anyway, since we live in
an imperfect world.

An imperfect world?
Try again; it’s perfect in
Its imperfection.

Its imperfection
is epitomized in the
confused platypus.

confused platypus
has beaver tail and duck bill
but swims like a fish

But swims like a fish,
was not an attribute e’er,
given Foster Brooks.

given Foster Brooks
or Don Rickles to roast you
who ya gonna choose?

Who ya gonna choose?
Not Foster or Don, oh no -
Bring back Mitch Hedberg.

Bring back Mitch Hedberg
And while you’re bringing folks back
Bring back Max Headroom.

Bring back Max Headroom!
I’m tired of bumping my head
When I board a plane.

When I board a plane:
I talked for an hour 'bout a
Dream I had last night

Dream I had last night?
I won’t tell, 'cause all of you
played a part in it.

Played a part in it:
I hope mine was the pizza
Delivery guy!

Delivery guy
Charged me more than twenty bucks.
Must have been the tip.

“Must have been the tip”.
The mohel explained the lump
in Eli’s cheese dip.

In Eli’s cheese dip
We found an ancient gold coin.
Hello millionaire!

Hello, Millionaire
Good to see you back again,
How long has it been?

(To the tune of Barbara Lewis)

How long has it been
since you took a bath? Even
The birds are fainting!

The birds are fainting
Water is becoming scarce.
Yikes. Global Warming

Yikes. Global Warming
Must be getting pretty bad
Penguins in tank tops