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Paperless Christmas
December 23, 2008 in accomplishment, change, consumerism, haiku, holiday, integrity, obsession, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, sacrifice, shopping | 1 comment
Being green we use
fabric bags old boxes to
wrap gifts. No trees die.
Ugly photo
July 19, 2008 in change, conformity, curiosity, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, haiku, illusion, nervousness, observations, oddball, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | 5 comments
She keeps it displayed
to remind herself that once
she didn’t know it
My biggest fan
July 19, 2008 in consumerism, delight, habit, haiku, housework, observations, oddball, poetry, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Directed at me
all day it follows me from
room to room in heat.
Restaurant training (sanctioned pigout)
June 11, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, curiosity, delight, desire, dilemma, food, haiku, observations, oddball, opportunity, poetry, pop culture, writing | 1 comment
Expected to know
all the dishes, servers eat
the entire menu.
Popemobile
April 18, 2008 in celebrity, change, curiosity, haiku, observations, oddball, poetry, pop culture, status, thoughts, travel, writing | Leave a comment
He tours in a case
like an aged Ken, “mint in box”
they’d say on eBay.
Natural born plant killers
April 2, 2008 in accomplishment, death, embarassment, evil, fear, habit, haiku, housework, laziness, nature, oddball, poetry, regret, shameless, writing | 2 comments
No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.
You take after your mother
April 2, 2008 in connection, curiosity, dilemma, family, habit, haiku, observations, oddball, poetry, shameless, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
My weirdness is as
apparent in my kids as
streaks in a fake tan.
If gum were chocolate
April 2, 2008 in change, consumerism, curiosity, delight, desire, food, habit, haiku, nature, obsession, oddball, poetry, writing | Leave a comment
Like cows with their cud
we would chew constantly, and
then we’d all swallow.
Laptop
April 1, 2008 in conformity, connection, consumerism, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disgust, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illness, loss, obsession, oddball, paranoia, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, status, technology, thoughts, trends, writing | Leave a comment
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
April Fool’s Day
April 1, 2008 in curiosity, dilemma, fear, haiku, holiday, observations, oddball, poetry, pop culture, thoughts, tradition, writing | 1 comment
not sure what’s so fun
about a day when we’re all
afraid we’ll get punk’d
Why I need to sleep
April 1, 2008 in curiosity, evil, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, loss, observations, oddball, pain, paranoia, poetry, sleeplessness, thoughts, time of day, tired, writing | 2 comments
When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Insomnia bordering on insanity
April 1, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, dreams, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, mystery, nature, nervousness, observations, oddball, paranoia, poetry, supernatural, time of day, tired, writing | 1 comment
Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.
What a bargain
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, delight, desire, dilemma, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, food, habit, haiku, housework, illness, nervousness, oddball, opportunity, poetry, pop culture, regret, serendipity, shopping, trends, writing | Leave a comment
Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.
Sexist comment from an unlikely source
April 1, 2008 in conformity, curiosity, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, haiku, observations, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, thoughts, tradition, writing | Leave a comment
Eliot Spitzer
March 11, 2008 in accomplishment, curiosity, death, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, evil, family, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, status, success, thoughts, trends, writing | 1 comment
When a righteous man
is caught with his pants down, it’s
likely he’ll get spanked.
Last minute
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, create, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, laziness, nervousness, observations, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, politics, regret, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, technology, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.
High school play
March 9, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, celebrity, change, delight, dilemma, disappointment, dreams, embarassment, haiku, illusion, loss, magic, mystery, observations, oddball, poetry, status, theatre, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Geeks transformed into
leading men stop hearts, but then
revert back next day.
Daylight Savings Time – March 9
March 5, 2008 in accomplishment, change, dilemma, haiku, illusion, loss, oddball, opportunity, poetry, sacrifice, spring, time management, time of day, writing | 1 comment
Spring ahead and lose
an hour. What I could have done
in that length of time…
haikouldn’t ask it of you
February 29, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, connection, create, curiosity, delight, desire, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, observations, obsession, oddball, opportunity, poetry, shameless, success, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
“Read my poem? Please?”
In real life I’d get blank stares.
Here, you’re back for more.
Dubious milestone
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, detritus, disgust, dreams, embarassment, habit, haiku, holiday, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, thoughts, tired, writing | 1 comment
Just over five months
This one four hundred fifty
Art or wasted time?
I’ve lied to you
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, laziness, loss, magic, nervousness, observations, obsession, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, status, success, thoughts, time management, tired, tradition, trends, writing | 1 comment
A haiku a day?
Not quite. Some days the tap runs,
some days it’s bone dry.
Ides of March
February 28, 2008 in curiosity, death, disappointment, fear, film, haiku, holiday, illusion, mystery, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, spring, supernatural, tradition, writing | 1 comment
‘Beware!’ Caesar was
told. Like teens in horror films
he didn’t listen.
In like a lion, out like a lamb
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, curiosity, haiku, mystery, observations, oddball, poetry, seasons, spring, tradition, winter, writing | Leave a comment
What’s that mean? That spring’s
a dominatrix, whipping
March ’til it submits?
Obama’s turban
February 26, 2008 in celebrity, curiosity, detritus, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, haiku, illusion, integrity, observations, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, shameless, writing | 1 comment
Headgear gone wild I
tip my hat to idiots
who have flipped their lids.
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