Haiku Train

[barrie]

blue, bulbous; with wart,
his nose would thwart Charles Stuart.
New Model Army.

[Minstrel]

New model army,
placed strategically.
Bombed with matchsticks.

[barrie]

bombed with matchsticks
Lowry's regiment scattered
returned to Salford.

[twoleftfeet]

Returned to Salford
Went to the RED LIGHT district -
the Vesta Virgins

[Bombadil]

The Vestal Virgins
let their fire die. We'll dig them
back up tomorrow.

[Minstrel]

Back up tomorrow
with a solid yesterday.
Today, stay in bed.

[pseud]

Today, stay in bed
wait for the wound alarm to
unwind by itself

[barrie]

unwind by itself
a very strange book title
autobiograph

[twoleftfeet]

Autobiograph -
Noddy's car tells its story -
the Toytown pub cab

[barrie]

the Toytown pub cab
pulls punters from leggo bars
too legless to walk

[twoleftfeet]

Too legless to walk?
How ironic for drunks who
use booze as a crutch

[barrie]

use booze as a crutch?
good excuse to drink too much
lying on your back

[twoleftfeet]

Lying on your back
Drink,think up your alibis -
White lies for the Wife

[barrie]

white lies for the wife
white lilies for the mistress
on and off the scent

[twoleftfeet]

On and off the scent
Sniffing out the tell tale hare
on your shirt collar

[barrie]

on your shirt collar
tell-tale evidence lies read
do shirt tails tell tales?

[twoleftfeet]

Do shirt tails tell tales
Does Iceland sell chilled water?
Do whales speak in Welsh?

[barrie]

Do whales speak in Welsh?
Maybe all roll-mop herrings
can speak Double-Dutch.

[juliadebeauvoir]

can speak double dutch
poet O'Mill's jibberish
duDO YubOU UNunduDERugsuSTutANunDud?

[barrie]

do you understand
the meaning of life and death?
freshly picked lemons

[juliadebeauvoir]

Freshly picked lemons
are made into lemonade
reckless optimists

[twoleftfeet]

reckless optimists
driving without their glasses
cannot stay wreckless

[barrie]

cannot stay wreckless
said Davey Jones's Lock-Up
I need some more stock.

[Bombadil]

I need some more stock--
of little blue pills that is,
to boost up my stalk.

[juliadebeauvoir]

To boost up my stalk,
would take alot of doing
blessed gene double X