Haiku/Gesundheit (Volume XXI)
on discovering my utter worthlessness while browsing myspace
we like the same things
but haven't spoken in years
is no one unique?
on realizing my preferred habitat while browsing myspace
i'll never live in
portland but am envious
of all those who do
to the indigent man reading shakespeare on a giant rock
you smiled watching
jammed cars trying to exit
i envied you then
to the flood victim looting a store while wearing a WWJD shirt
i'm not sure but i
bet he wouldn't steal that big
ceramic rabbit
happiness is hard to find
(or "try saying that in a fake french accent without giggling")
happiness is a
sham perpetuated by
greeting card giants
so this is what a brain cloud feels like
(or "you can learn a lot by watching joe vs. the volcano")
these lights sucks the life
out from under your eye lids
i sure miss recess
12 comments:
I understand your envy of the man reading Shakespeare. It's hard to maintain a feeling of superiority to the herd when you are part of it. That man has a right to smile at the foolishness in a way that would be hypocritical in me. Besides, if it amuses instead of infuriates him, he's one step beyond me. There IS something to be envied in that.
I just realized I mention some form of the word "envy" twice in this volume.
Thought I'd point that out before anyone else did...
Indeed there is... and the guy couldn't have chosen a better location: a giant rock in front of a BP station just before one of the busiest exits around. He had the book in his hands, but I could tell he wasn't really reading. He was watching. And I saw him watching for the 5 minutes I slowly moved towards the beginning of the ramp... for those 5 minutes when 3 cars passed me in the wrong lane, and then snuck onto the shoulder of the exit to move ahead of the rest of us.
Seeing him certainly flavored my day. Funny how something so simple can leave a mark on a person.
Funny how people choose to sever communication with others all together in a quest to "define" themselves. Then later find that we've all "grown" in the same direction. Though really, your haiku says it so much better.
Ah Happiness! The word just makes me smile.
Oddly enough, XO, the person I was most surprised to see I had a lot in common with was someone who graduated a year after us. She listed many of the same "favorites" in her profile as I have in mine. More later... I found a really "interesting" one yesterday, too.
p.s. *fake french accent* Happiness is hard to find!
It's interesting to me as well of the commonalities we tend to have with people that we will never interact with again. Nor did we choose to when the chance was given.
I think you just miss that "retarded" thing you did during recess.
That too. Without question.
Thanks. Once again, your haikus picked me up on a day when I really needed it. Joe has a lot to teach people. I know I need to learn those things again and again.
~BPP
Man. And this is a fairly depressing batch of haikus, if I may say so myself.
But, yes, one can learn a lot from Joe. It shouldn't take an imagined near death experience to get us started on living, for example. But living is almost always easier said than done... as the cliche goes.
I randomly scanned this one again. i have to say that the WWJD haiku may be my most favorite so far. That's really saying a lot.
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