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Thursday 14 March 2013

Extemporaneous Rage-Haiku


Posted to my personal Facebook from the train this morning:
Yamanote train.  Girl with a cast.  Nobody stands.  Die oyaji.
If I had known I was only a syllable or two off an accidental haiku, I would have tried harder:
Yamanote car.
Girl with a cast.  No one stands.
Fucking oyaji.
No 'seasonal word', but fuck it, Japan.


Dude, got 'the clap' much?


That's why you shouldn't go to soaplands.

6 comments:

  1. Technically, not a haiku but a senryu.

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    1. Alright, you are entitled as you have been a nice comment maker for some time. Also, 'haiku' in English is BS: we don't count syllables the same way (we don't have a syllabary), it's easier to use so few syllables in English than it is in Japanese...

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    2. Thanks. My sister studied haiku at uni so I have to listen to these rants and am passing on the favour :)

      Yes, you should write in Japanese next time!

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  2. I enjoyed your haiku. It might lighten my day if I thought of a couple a day to release my frustrations in a more graceful manner. Although my gripes would be with drivers as I live in the countryside.

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    1. Thanks. My experience with Japanese drivers is not perfect, but far superior to the %$#@wits around Toronto.

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  3. Oh you bastard. Now my brain's not going to be happy until I've come up with one too, and you've set the bar annoyingly high from the off.

    Give me a minute here...

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