seems by my count,
i've already lost two.

haikus better be careful out there,
there's something that eats them.

so better alert all wannabe haikus,
it's gonna get you.

first, you'll be posted,
like you're equal to free verse.

then, voila! you're gone,
like a taxi in Harlem.

what eats my haikus,
i wonder?

i'm afraid to feed it more,
i'd like some for myself.

02/10/2005