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really bad haiku

by Rick Walton

 

A town full of flies:

Five fat frogs sit in the square

Counting stolen wings.

 

A swarm of white moths:

Caterpillars crawling off:

Who ate my necktie?

 

After seventeen

Comes eighteen and then nineteen

And then comes twenty.

 

First come the long rains,

Then the fire of the sun, and

Fried worms on the walk.

 

Green leaf on the tree,

Green blade of grass on the lawn,

Green frog in my nose.

 

I run down the road,

And then darkness. Just darkness.

FIX THESE DARN POTHOLES!

 

I walk the river,

Ignoring rocks and rubble,

And the piranhas.

 

I am a cupcake.

I am a chocolate cupcake.

I am a cupcake.

 

Oh, supercali,

Oh, fragilistic expi,

Oh, alidocious.

 

Oh rutabaga,

Oh, oh, rutabaga, oh,

Oh, rutabaga

 

Penguin knocks three times.

That's the signal. I let him

Out of the freezer.

 

Robin in the tree

Sings its song and doesn't see

The cat behind it.

 

Scarecrow in the corn,

Put down your knife and fork, and

Quit eating the crows!

 

Snake infested swamp:

My seventh birthday party:

Three friends were eaten.

 

The moon rises slow,

Spreads its light on the township,

And falls in my soup.

 

There's rain on the roof,

At least the rain would fall there

If we had a roof.

 

Toaster on a hill.

I give it my slices of bread,

But it ignores me.

 

Whale in the bathtub,

You splash in my water, but

There's no room for me.

 
 

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Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.