Archive for October, 2009
Haiku #11
10
10 2009
AKA
They call me “Flour Yeaster”
cuz I am on the rise
They call me “Onion Slicer”
cuz I make women cry
They call me “Complicated”
cuz I’m split right in two
They call me “Blissful Breakfast”
cuz I’m your dream come true
09
10 2009
very impressive
strongman at the circus
bending metal bars
lifting slabs of concrete
chewing week-old onion bagels
without even chipping a tooth
08
10 2009
a brief history of lies
the moon is made of cheese
the sun’s a bowl of chili
why are you all laughing?
i’m not being silly
the stars are sugar lumps the milky way is candy i’m not even joking as sure as my name’s andy
pluto’s made of dog treats mars is one big cherry saturn’s ringed by onion bagels or my face isn’t hairy
the stars are sugar lumps the milky way is candy i’m not even joking as sure as my name’s andy
pluto’s made of dog treats mars is one big cherry saturn’s ringed by onion bagels or my face isn’t hairy
06
10 2009
missing you
thumbnails to fingertips, scrape til it burns
digits twitch hungrily, yearning to hold
cds or tuna cans, small plastic bowls
something worth cradling, holey or no
closing my eyelids tight, nostrils flared wide scents i can’t live without, glide through my head hot crunchy cracking crust, oniony dough make me feel whole again, though just for now
closing my eyelids tight, nostrils flared wide scents i can’t live without, glide through my head hot crunchy cracking crust, oniony dough make me feel whole again, though just for now
05
10 2009
today
today the sun’s a bagel
it toasts as it descends
golden yellow
burning orange
fire coil red and then
i look away
i close my eyes
and yet i see it still
but what was once the breaded ring
has now become the hole
and in my mind
the sky is full
of onion flavored dough
i’ll savor every moment, for this vision soon must go
i’ll savor every moment, for this vision soon must go
04
10 2009
No rest for the yeasty
No rest for the yeasty:
mixed up,
beaten,
and left alone in the dark
They still expect you to rise, right on cue, as if nothing ever happened
Did onion bring those tears to their eyes? Or guilt?
They still expect you to rise, right on cue, as if nothing ever happened
Did onion bring those tears to their eyes? Or guilt?
