Monday, May 14, 2007

Airplane Haiku

Or more appropriately jet Haiku; some bits written at the end of the red-eye to Washington this morning. It is not the traditional Japanese variety but the Americanized 5-7-5 simple format where anything goes. Hey it was on the red-eye and I'm bushed, beat, tired. It is what it is, yes?

Using the red-eye
Extends our togetherness
Never long enough.

Without your number
I could not call from Dulles
Just to wake you up.

Little animals meet
Dire consequences
In your loving home.

Two things to aim for:
Politically aware
To be off the grid.

Words as if colors
Plied with intricate structure;
Incredible work.

The god damn carry-on
Will go under my god damn seat
when I'm god damn set.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two things to aim for:
Politically aware
To be off the grid.


Mmmm,I agree.

And.

Welcome back.

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MarmiteToasty said...
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OrdinaryShark said...

Thank you and thank you.
Mel a "red-eye" is an overnight flight, when it leaves today and gets there tomorrow. I have a habit of calling people who are local when I have early morning layovers to wake them up. That's why no one gives me their phone numbers...or one of them.

Anonymous said...

OH!

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OrdinaryShark said...
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OrdinaryShark said...

See that's why I need spell check. It should have read: For you it would have already been mid-day. And no editing after send sheesh.

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