Haiku Madness

New expectations
are always good in the spring
Sun, green grass, breezes.

Sun, green grass, breezes
Are expected in meadows
Not volcano ash

“Not volcano ash!”
exclaimed the young Icelander.
“I hate eruptions!”

I hate eruptions!
Damn pimples, blackheads and zits!
Need a snake oil cure.

I hate eruptions!
Wet, sticky, a complete mess.
Lava’s bad, also.

Need a snake oil cure
Snake oil all around my house!
Would mongoose oil work?
(sorry ArchiveGuy - you were late to the dance)

“Would mongoose oil work?”
something my mom never said
except in nightmares.

Except in nightmares
does my love for you lessen.
No. Not even there.

“No, not even there,”
she said, as he eagerly
touched her in that place.

touched her in that place.
Can you believe a court said
don’t do that again.

“Don’t do that again”
She said as she judo chopped
me right in the neck

“Me, right in the neck,”
the shortstop said, when Sue asked
who got hit and where.

“Who got hit and where?”
The lawyer asked the witness
Who shrugged “I dunno”

Who shrugged “I dunno”
Townsend, Daltry, Entwhistle:
Poor eyewitnesses

Poor eyewitnesses
forgot to mention Moon, too,
already deceased

already deceased
E. Harwell at 92
RIP, Ernie

RIP, Ernis
Bert is crying at your grave
Big Bird’s poop squashed you.

Big Bird’s poop squashed you
At least Snuffleufflegus
Didn’t trample you

Didn’t trample you?
That elephant, I speak of
Pachyderm stampede

Pachyderm stampede
is the action highlight of
the classic film “Chang”