Haiku
BY Tom Walmsley
2
i am killing you
i would rather die myself
so why don’t i die?
10
let me rant about
ignorance and oppression
then let’s have a drink.
11
i am eating toast
everyone else is starving
i hide but don’t stop.
12
inner beauty wins—
makeup companies are dead
we never diet.
13
you are a good man
if murder brought peace of mind
i’d kill you today.
18
crickets are noisy
i can’t imagine praying
to a fright of stars.
23
i upset his cart
then helped upset it again
please don’t help he said.
27
guns don’t kill people
americans kill people
we apologize.
29
life is so dirty
i don’t mean as in fucking
dirty like shopping.
32
i generalize
just like everybody does
people amaze me.
47
i waited too long
they attacked me all at once—
women and children.
64
the fish are hungry
dogs and cats and me as well
none of us can cook.
70
some days it’s lovely
too beautiful to be true—
possibly i’m dead.
76
i had a short dream
i shot our hateful leader
dreams will soon be banned.
86
i am leaving town
going nowhere to stay there—
nowhere place like home.
93
i’m fishing today
since yesterday got away
today looks tiny.
